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Book Synopsis The Baron of Wimbledon by : Orlando Pearson
Download or read book The Baron of Wimbledon written by Orlando Pearson and published by Delos Digital srl. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giallo - novelette (22 pagine) - Gottfried von Cramm, a German tennis star of the 1930’s, petitions Holmes for help. The sportsman is being blackmailed on a matter of the utmost delicacy, and when the blackmailer reveals all to the National Socialist authorities, it is Holmes who comes to the rescue by asking Reichsmarschall, Herman Göring to intervene. But is the better than expected outcome to the case a result of Holmes’s intervention or is Cramm’s glamourous mother keeping her own role to herself. And why does Frau von Cramm seem so familiar to Holmes? It is only once Britain is on the brink of another war against Germany that the full truth dawns on Holmes. Orlando Pearson, creator of the well-known Redacted Sherlock Holmes series, commutes into London during the day and communes with the spirits of Baker Street by night. An international businessman, his interests include classical music, history, literature, current affairs, sport and economics. All these themes find their way into his stories which are being translated into German and Italian. Mr Pearson is married with two children and lives near Wisteria Lodge.
Download or read book The Baron Returns written by John Creasey and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) pulled his scarf up so as to hide his face. The finest jewel thief in London was utilising all of his skills to nail a crooked Solicitor. Mannering’s friend could be ruined by documents contained in the lawyer’s strong-room and so he risks all, especially his freedom, to get them back.
Book Synopsis A Terrible Splendor by : Marshall Jon Fisher
Download or read book A Terrible Splendor written by Marshall Jon Fisher and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound. But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life. Budge, the humble hard-working American who would soon become the first man to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year, vied to keep the Davis Cup out of the hands of the Nazi regime. On the other side of the net, the immensely popular and elegant von Cramm fought Budge point for point knowing that a loss might precipitate his descent into the living hell being constructed behind barbed wire back home. Born into an aristocratic family, von Cramm was admired for his devastating good looks as well as his unparalleled sportsmanship. But he harbored a dark secret, one that put him under increasing Gestapo surveillance. And his situation was made even more perilous by his refusal to join the Nazi Party or defend Hitler. Desperately relying on his athletic achievements and the global spotlight to keep him out of the Gestapo’s clutches, his strategy was to keep traveling and keep winning. A Davis Cup victory would make him the toast of Germany. A loss might be catastrophic. Watching the mesmerizingly intense match from the stands was von Cramm’s mentor and all-time tennis superstar Bill Tilden–a consummate showman whose double life would run in ironic counterpoint to that of his German pupil. Set at a time when sports and politics were inextricably linked, A Terrible Splendor gives readers a courtside seat on that fateful day, moving gracefully between the tennis match for the ages and the dramatic events leading Germany, Britain, and America into global war. A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.
Book Synopsis The Life of William Cecil Lord Burghley by : William Henry Charlton
Download or read book The Life of William Cecil Lord Burghley written by William Henry Charlton and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rise of Thomas Cromwell by : Michael Everett
Download or read book The Rise of Thomas Cromwell written by Michael Everett and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much does the Thomas Cromwell of popular novels and television series resemble the real Cromwell? This meticulous study of Cromwell's early political career expands and revises what has been understood concerning the life and talents of Henry VIII's chief minister. Michael Everett provides a new and enlightening account of Cromwell's rise to power, his influence on the king, his role in the Reformation, and his impact on the future of the nation. Controversially, Everett depicts Cromwell not as the fervent evangelical, Machiavellian politician, or the revolutionary administrator that earlier historians have perceived. Instead he reveals Cromwell as a highly capable and efficient servant of the Crown, rising to power not by masterminding Henry VIII's split with Rome but rather by dint of exceptional skills as an administrator.
Book Synopsis Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon by : Wimbledon, Eng. (Manor)
Download or read book Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon written by Wimbledon, Eng. (Manor) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, Extending from I. Edward IV. to A. D. 1864 by : Wimbledon (England : Manor)
Download or read book Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, Extending from I. Edward IV. to A. D. 1864 written by Wimbledon (England : Manor) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: ser. 3 From the birth of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, in 1733, to the death of Lord Chancellor Eldon, in 1838 by : John Campbell Baron Campbell
Download or read book The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: ser. 3 From the birth of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, in 1733, to the death of Lord Chancellor Eldon, in 1838 written by John Campbell Baron Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Who's Who in Nazi Germany by : Robert S. Wistrich
Download or read book Who's Who in Nazi Germany written by Robert S. Wistrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's Who in Nazi Germany looks at the individuals who influenced every aspect of life in Nazi Germany. It covers a representative cross-section of German society from 1933-1945, and includes: * Nazi Party leaders; SS, Wehrmacht and Gestapo personalities; civil service and diplomatic personnel * industrialists, churchmen, intellectuals, artists, entertainers and sports personalities * resistance leaders, political dissidents, critics and victims of the regime * extensive biographical information on each figure extending into the post-war period * analysis of their role and significance in Nazi Germany * an accessible, easy to use A-Z layout * a glossary and comprehensive bibliography.
Book Synopsis The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV by : John Campbell (Baron Campbell)
Download or read book The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV written by John Campbell (Baron Campbell) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The environs of London by : Daniel Lysons
Download or read book The environs of London written by Daniel Lysons and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greater London written by Edward Walford and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. by : John Campbell Baron Campbell
Download or read book Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV. written by John Campbell Baron Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Voyage to Cadiz in 1625 by : Sir John Glanville
Download or read book The Voyage to Cadiz in 1625 written by Sir John Glanville and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Suburban Homes of London by : William Spencer Clark
Download or read book The Suburban Homes of London written by William Spencer Clark and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tennis's Strangest Matches by : Peter Seddon
Download or read book Tennis's Strangest Matches written by Peter Seddon and published by Portico. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hugely entertaining collection of stories taken from over a hundred years of world tennis history, award-winning sports historian Peter Seddon has gathered together the most extraordinary events ever to occur on a tennis court. They include the Wimbledon final between the tea-drinking vicar and a convicted murderer, and the ‘Match of the Century’ between the ‘Women’s Libber’ and the ‘Male Chauvinist Pig’. There are matches played on board ship and on the wings of an airborne plane, a game played in full regimental dress, and meet the player who rated himself so highly he played an entire match while carrying someone ‘piggy-back’. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true. Revised, redesigned and updated for a new generation of tennis fanatics, this book is a unique look at the curiosities of an endlessly popular sport, revealing the ‘strawberries and cream’ game as you’ve never seen it before. Word count: 45,000
