Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess Of Tennis
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Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess Of Tennis by Tom Humberstone
The incredible story of Suzanne Lenglen, a woman who changed the face of sport and society in the trailblazing jazz age, but who few even remember. One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age. With stunning art and an astute eye, Suzanne explores how a figure both enormously influential and too-often overlooked battled her father's ambition, bias in sporting journalism, and her own divisive personality, to forge a new path - and to change sport forever.
"The excitement spills from the pages almost a century later… a sympathetic understanding of a phenomenal sportswoman who was well ahead of her time in pointing the finger at the sport’s iniquities and inequalitiesIt’s a fascinating read." -Slings and Arrows
Tom Humberstone is an award-winning comic artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh. His work has appeared in Phonogram (Image), Doctor Who (Titan) and the Eisner award-nominated Nelson (Blank Slate). He writes and draws non-fiction comics for the Ignatz award-winning The Nib, as well as the New Statesman, Vox, Buzzfeed and others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910395691 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910395692 |
| Title | Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess Of Tennis |
| Author | Tom Humberstone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Avery Hill Publishing Limited |
| Year published | 2022-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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