Fallen Angel by William Fotheringham

Fallen Angel by William Fotheringham

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Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of cycling champions. This title tells the story of Coppi's tragic life and death, of how a man who became the symbol of a nation's rebirth after the disasters of war died reviled and heartbroken.

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Fallen Angel by William Fotheringham

Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the campionissimo - champion of cycling champions. This title tells the story of Coppi's tragic life and death, of how a man who became the symbol of a nation's rebirth after the disasters of war died reviled and heartbroken.
William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. He is the author of a biography of Tom Simpson, Put Me Back on My Bike, which was acclaimed by Velo magazine as 'the best cycling biography ever written' and Roule Britannia: A History of Britons in the Tour de France.
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ISBN 13 9780224074476
ISBN 10 0224074474
Title Fallen Angel
Author William Fotheringham
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2009-06-04
Number of pages 304
Prizes Short-listed for British Sports Book Awards: Biography 2010
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.