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Book Synopsis______________________A fascinating examination of cricket in the nineteenth century by ''the most entertaining historian alive'' (Spectator)''Few historians have the power to make you feel you actually inhabit the times they are writing about. Kynaston does'' Sunday Times, Books of the DecadeOn a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord''s to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG Grace, the greatest cricketer the game has ever seen. Grace was cheered onto the field by a packed crowd as he captained the Gentlemen, the privileged old guard of the Establishment. Their opponents in this annual match were the Players, cricketers for whom the sport was a precarious livelihood rather than a summer pastime. This three-day encounter represented the climax of cricket''s Golden Age, and the unstoppable arrival of the professional game that would dominate the twentieth century.In
WG''s Birthday Party, David Kynaston tells the s
Trade Review'Few historians have the power to make you feel you actually inhabit the times they are writing about. Kynaston does' * Sunday Times, Book of the Decade *
‘Kynaston's books ... feel like a breath of fresh air' * Observer *
'An absolute gem of a book' * Guardian *
‘Kynaston writes brilliantly and readably' * Independent on Sunday *
