LAST AMATEURS: TO HELL AND BACK WITH THE CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE CREW
by DE ROND, MARK
List Price: HK$ 288.00
¡@ISBN
9781848310155
¡@Subject
BIOGRAPHY
¡@Publisher
ICON BOOKS UK
¡@Publication
2008
¡@Edition
Hardcover
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
Founded in 1828, the Cambridge University Boat Club has one objective: to beat Oxford in the Boat Race. This annual affair is one of sharp contrasts: a private match between two of the world's oldest universities, it is still followed by millions worldwide; an occasion marked by tribal rivalry, it also harbours deep mutual respect; quintessentially British, it is contested by amateurs who are nevertheless world-class sportsmen; it is all about taking part and yet the pain of losing is unimaginable. A Cambridge don in his late thirties, Mark de Rond spent a year living the blood, sweat and tears of the 39 students risking all for a chance to race Oxford, seeing in them everything he is not. This intense and deeply personal account reinforces the great traditions of Oxbridge, yet gives them a human face. For despite their brilliance, these individuals are flawed too.
