More Than a Game: A History of How Sport Made Britain

More Than a Game is a fascinating account of the games, players, and audiences that have defined Britain's past, from jousting between kingdoms to the rise of the Commonwealth Games. It explores how sport has shaped British society and culture, featuring dramatic social shifts and radical change.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: John Murray Press

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PINSENT MASONS SPORTS WRITING AWARD A Times Best Sports Book of 2023 Fascinating Daily Telegraph Lively, rich and readable The Spectator Thoughtful and entertaining Guardian Completely eye-opening - every page contains a gem Marina Hyde The remarkable stories of how sport shaped the British people. The history of Britain is inseparable from our love affair with sport. Many of our most dramatic social shifts have played out in sporting arenas: cricket and class mobility, rugby and regional rivalry, tennis and gender equality, golf and battles for land, boxing and race relations. The sporting theatre has even accelerated radical change via heroes including independence fighters, suffragettes and Jewish bare-knuckle boxers crashing the established order. From jousting between kingdoms to the rise of the Commonwealth Games at the end of the imperial era, More Than a Game is the fascinating account of the games, players and audiences that have defined Britain's past.

Weight: 238g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529363289