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A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #54466 in Books
- Published on: 2009-04-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
The book 'A Terrible Splendor' outlines the political significance of the showdown in the crucial 1937 Davis Cup semi-final between the American Don Budge and the German Baron Gottfried von Cramm. Author Marshall Jon Fisher looks at how much attention Hitler had been focussing on the match.
--BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 23 June 2009
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"Few legendary tennis matches have been played out against such a dramatic backdrop as the 1937 Davis Cup five-set final at Wimbledon between Don Budge and Gottfried von Cramm ... Marshall Jon Fisher adroitly interweaves details of the match with the geopolitical landscape of the time."
