Eric Liddell is famous for being the man who would not compromise his religious principles and refused to compete in the Olympics on a Sunday - despite the fact that he was the red hot favourite for the gold. Instead he entered a different event that was not being competed on the Sabbath. . . and won a gold anyway. One of Scotland's finest athletes, Liddell was feted throughout the United Kingdom. At the height of his fame, however, he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp.
ISBN: | 9780752443522 |
Publisher: | The History Press |
Imprint: | The History Press |
Published date: | 01 Jun 2007 |
DEWEY: | 796.45092 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 192 |
Weight: | 212g |
Height: | 198mm |
Width: | 124mm |
Spine width: | 15mm |