On Your Marks: Selected Writings about All Kinds of Sports - Hardcover

by Martin Polley (Editor)

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is edited and introduced by sports historian, Professor Martin Polley.

A sparkling anthology celebrating sport in all its variety; from elite rugby and football to rural games on the village green, from an exclusive golf club to the sheer pleasure of a bicycle ride.

A treat for sports fans, dip into this wide-ranging, entertaining collection of classic writing drawn from journalism, diaries, drama, fiction and more. On Your Marks spans from Elizabethan Shakespeare to twentieth-century George Orwell and features Daniel Defoe on horse racing, Jane Austen on archery, Lewis Carroll on croquet and many more.

Author Biography

Martin Polley is the Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC), and a Professor in the Department of History at De Montfort University. He is the author of many publications including Moving the Goalposts: a history of sport and society since 1945, Sports History: a practical guide and The British Olympics: Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012.