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          The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands

          The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands

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          A journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.

          A journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.

          LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

          ''A joy.'' – Ned Boulting

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          Product ID:9781472945068
          Product Form:Paperback / softback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman
          Subtitle:A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands
          Authors:Author: Harry Pearson
          Page Count:272
          Subjects:History of sport, History of sport, Cycle racing, Cycling, Belgium
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          A journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.

          A journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.

          LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

          ''A joy.'' – Ned Boulting

          Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires.

          In The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman, committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders, through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines, as he follows races big, small and even smaller through one glorious, muddy spring.

          Ranging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, across windswept polders, along back roads and through an awful lot of beer cafes, Pearson examines the characters, the myths and rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its lycra-clad priests.


          Imprint Name:Bloomsbury Sport
          Publisher Name:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2019-12-26

          Additional information

          Weight250 g
          Dimensions129 × 197 × 20 mm