Olympics in Athens 1896: The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games by Michael Llewellyn Smith

Olympics in Athens 1896: The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games

Michael Llewellyn Smith

290 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging emotional informative medium-paced
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Published in the year that The Olympics returned to Athens this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational group of intriguing characters who re-invented them and the first generation of new sporting heroes. 'On...

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