Field of shadows / Dan Waddell.

Author/creator Waddell, Dan author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon : Bantam Press, 2014.
Description259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. When Hitler Played Cricket -- 2. Das Mekka -- 3. Nicht Kricket -- 4. Teutonic Phlegm and Flair -- 5.A Major Influence -- 6. The Road to Berlin -- 7. Dad's Army -- 8. Propaganda fur Kricket -- 9. The First 'Test' -- 10.'A Very Relaxing Sport' -- 11. The House of German Sport -- 12. Auf Wiedersehen, Good Fellows -- 13. Heil Cricket! -- 14. Shadows of War -- 15. From the Ashes.
Abstract Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780593072615 (hbk.)
ISBN0593072618 (hbk.)

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