The definitive biography of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, by the two-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
Duncan Hamilton is the author of Provided You Don't Kiss Me- 20 Years with Brian Clough which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year for 2007. In 2009, he was awarded the William Hill again, for Harold Larwood, as well as winning the prestigious Wisden Book of the Year for 2009 and Biography of the Year at the 2010 British Sports Book Awards. He lives in the Yorkshire Dales.
"For the Glory is wonderful: painstakingly researched,
intelligently structured and written with flair. In an Olympic
year, it is fitting that an Olympic tale should be the most
uplifting."
*Daily Telegraph, Sports Books of the Year*
"Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it."
*Sunday Times, Sports Books of the Year*
"Absorbing... in an age when sport is riddled with corruption,
vanity and petty rage, Liddell's story is timely. However, the real
theme is faith and providence rather than fame and proving oneself.
A story about religious belief could be dry fare, but Liddell is
too good a subject and Hamilton too deft a guide to let that
happen... He is one of the great sportsmen of the 20th century
purely because he knew sport's place."
*The Times*
"Eric Liddell's athletic prowess was immortalised in Chariots of
Fire. But Duncan Hamilton offers a more detailed and equally
engrossing insight into one of Britain's great sporting heroes in
this compelling new biography. For the Glory is in turn triumphant,
harrowing, moving yet ultimately uplifting. It also cements the
status of Hamilton, twice-winner of the William Hill Sports Book of
the Year, as the doyen of biographical sports writing."
*Daily Express*
"Duncan Hamilton's compelling biography puts flesh on the legend
and paints a vivid picture of not only a great athlete, but also a
very special human being."
*Daily Mail, Book of the Week*
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