Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 (eBook)

In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton

Jeremy Wilson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-574-5 (ISBN)

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Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2023Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022'A marvellous book' Maxine PeakeCyclist Beryl Burton dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx, with a longevity that surpasses sporting legends like Muhammad Ali and Serena Williams. Practically invincible in time trials, Burton - also known as BB - finished as Best All-Rounder for 25 years and broke the record for the '12-hour' endurance race; an achievement unrivalled to this day. She won multiple world titles, but her achievements were limited by discrimination from the cycling authorities. Yet she carried on winning, beating men and - infamously - competing against her own daughter, whilst working full-time on a Yorkshire farm and running a household. With previously unseen material and through extensive interviews with family, friends, rivals and fellow sporting giants, Jeremy Wilson peels back the layers to reveal one of the most overlooked, yet compelling characters in cycling history.

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Britain's greatest ever cyclist is given the literary treatment she so richly deserves in Wilson's rigorously researched biography of the complex and enigmatic Beryl Burton.

Ludicrously ahead of her time. Ruthless, relentless, brilliant, belligerent - and quite possibly the greatest Olympian Britain never had. What a story.

A long overdue and remarkable biography of a remarkable cyclist

The fascinating [and] extraordinary story of Yorkshire's very own ... it is an excellent book [and] well worth a read

Quite simply a Tour de Force

Wilson's account is thoroughly-researched, comprehensive, engaging and accessible. This is not a story of a neatly compartmentalised double life of super-human achievement and domestic bliss; it is the tale of a champion driven by childhood trauma who forced colossal sacrifices at home in her relentless pursuit of competition ... [and] he skilfully guides the reader through a rich collection of first-hand accounts, carefully arranged to allow a balanced view

What a story Wilson has uncovered. No one in the history of sport can have worked with quite the self-sacrificing single-mindedness ... a woman of thermonuclear levels of competitiveness

Impressively thorough ... worth every page

Jeremy Wilson provides a convincing case in his tribute to this elusive and remarkable figure

A story with the ingredients that Hollywood would recognise ... The least publicised, least rewarded great woman athlete ever to be disregarded by her own country

I simply cannot exaggerate how bloody great this book is and how inspiring Beryl's story is

This is not a hagiography, and all the better for it. Wilson brings her personality to life, faults and all. Meticulously researched. Compelling

Remarkable

I loved it, as everyone else has [and] recommend people get it, read it cover to cover and be amazed by the life of Beryl Burton.

Obsessed by Beryl. This is an incredible book

An incredible story about one of the greatest cyclists of all time

A marvellous book. Gives a real insight into Beryl and the times. For the first time I feel like I really know her and questions have been answered. So wonderfully researched, so many things I didn't know! It really puts her on the roster of legends.

The scale of unsung achievement is awe-inspiring

My 97-year-old mother-in-law has no interest in cycling but picked it up from our kitchen table, took it home, and loved it!

I had never realised the longevity and scale of achievement. I'm in awe.

The most comprehensive chronicle of its kind

This is an inspirational story that just had to be told. There are few athletes, male or female, that had the success and longevity of Beryl Burton - but for too long her name and achievements have remained in the shadows. No longer! This fabulous book brings the person and her phenomenal, groundbreaking achievements to light - I couldn't put it down.

A superb book about someone who was great before her time

Absolutely extraordinary. I feel like we ought to have a statue to her

Subtle, full of insight, extensively researched and a joy to read

The subtitle may not even be hyperbolic. Beryl Burton, an almost forgotten amateur cyclist who worked on a rhubarb farm in Yorkshire, was not simply the undisputed ruler of British women's cycling for 25 years, but also broke the men's record in a 12-hour time trial. Jeremy Wilson retrieves an astonishing life.

A beautiful book that tells us not just what she did, but who she truly was.

Charts the incredible story of cyclist Beryl Burton, who set a world record in 1967 and was Britain's best all-rounder for 25 successive years. Given her myriad achievements across several decades, it is surprising that Burton is relatively unknown among the wider public; this book aims to address that.

A fascinating book ... brilliant story [and] definitely well worth checking out. There's been many plaudits for Jeremy's amazing book, but a common thread that runs through them is how thoroughly well researched it is.

Hands up if, like me, you had never heard of Beryl Burton. Shame on us. The truth is she was a cycling phenomenon [and] ferociously competitive Yorkshire girl, who swept the board in all the various British national championships. Jeremy Wilson brings alive this extraordinary woman's achievements (and problems, too - she wasn't always the best mother) in this fabulous biography.

A beacon is a guiding light, or a warning signal... a fire in a high place. Beryl Burton was, and is, all of those things. Her flame burns all the brighter thanks to Jeremy's fine book.

Jeremy Wilson brings alive this extraordinary woman's achievements (and problems, too - she wasn't always the best mother) in this fabulous biography.

An incredible story about one of the nation's greatest-ever athletes that you probably haven't heard of - until now.

One of the greatest figures in the history of British sport.

The DiMaggio, the Muhammad Ali ... of British cycling.

Jeremy Wilson finds the human heart of a story that gets more extraordinary as a unique athlete recedes into history. Very highly recommended.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.7.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 8 page colour plate sectionB&W photos throughout
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Beryl Burton • Bicycle • Cycling • cycling books • Doping • Female Athletes • female sports biography • Feminism • inspirational stories • sports biography • struggle over adversity • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-574-1 / 1782835741
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-574-5 / 9781782835745