{"product_id":"the-ascent-of-mount-hum-a-croatian-cricketing-odyssey-9781904955481","title":"The Ascent of Mount Hum: A Croatian Cricketing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLying some thirty miles off the Dalmatian coast, the Croatian island of Vis has a long and dramatic history bound up with various European empires, from Ancient Greece and Rome through the Venetian Republic and Austria-Hungary to fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the twentieth century. For forty years in the latter half of that century it was a closed military base. Today the islands 4,000 inhabitants try to strike a balance between their traditional agricultural livelihood and the pressures and temptations of European tourism in an age of globalization. This book tells the story of how a group of distinctly average cricketers became unlikely sporting ambassadors and, quite by accident, helped re-introduce an island to its forgotten past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lingers on its subject with a dedicated fascination. The team's exploits should raise a smile of recognition from anyone who has ever been on a cricket tour but the book's real interest lies in the historical detail of an island which served as Tito's secret HQ during the war and remained off-limits for 40 years afterwards.' --Wisden Cricketer  'Can I recommend a rather unusual cricket book? The Ascent of Mount Hum.' --Lawrence Booth, Guardian website's coverage of England Test Match cricket","brand":"Signal Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414225396055,"sku":"9781904955481","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ascent-of-mount-hum-a-croatian-cricketing-odyssey-9781904955481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}