Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: the Olympics

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: the Olympics by Stephen Halliday

Presents a collection of facts surrounding the Olympic Games. From their origins in ancient Greece to the most famous Olympic medalists, this book helps you discover the athletes who have set the marks for modern sporting excellence, and wonder at the records set by competitors across the years.

Stephen Halliday is a historian specialising in British and industrial history and is an authority on the history of London. He is the author of The Great Stink: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis (Sutton 1999), Amazing & Extraordinary London Underground Facts, Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London, Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Great Britain. Stephen contributes articles and reviews to magazines such as Literary Review, Times Higher Education, BBC History and History Today.|Stephen Halliday is a historian specialising in British and industrial history and is an authority on the history of London. He is the author of The Great Stink: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis (Sutton 1999) and Amazing & Extraordinary London Underground Facts. A Cambridge University lecturer, he contributes articles and reviews to magazines such as Literary Review, Times Higher Education, BBC History and History Today.

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ISBN 13	9781446302019
ISBN 10	1446302016
Title	Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: the Olympics
Author	Stephen Halliday
Series	Amazing And Extraordinary Facts
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	David & Charles
Year published	2012-03-30
Number of pages	144
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