1966

Name: 1966 - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780857508638
Price: 585.00 ZAR
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Michael Calvin

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About the book

'The great book on 1966 that needed writing.'
PAUL HAYWARD, OBSERVER

'Panoramic and polemic.'
JONATHAN NORTHCROFT, SUNDAY TIMES
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A vivid portrait of the world in 1966, centred around the storied World Cup tournament and its backdrop, published to mark the 60th anniversary.

1966, with London declared 'a swinging city' and John Lennon proclaiming the Beatles 'more popular than Jesus', the year's football World Cup convenes an international community standing at an inflection point, emerging from the long shadow of the Second World War and hurtling towards the future.

Propelled by social change, civil rights movements and technological advancement serve as beacons of hope and possibility. Yet, Cold War tensions, the...

About the Author

Michael Calvin

Michael Calvin is an award-winning writer and Sunday Times bestselling author, whose books have been hailed for their insight and influence. He has collaborated with such celebrated sportsmen as Sir Alastair Cook, Dylan Hartley and Gareth Thomas, and is the only writer to win the British Sports Book of the Year award in successive years. Most recently, and in a wider context, he has collaborated on critically acclaimed autobiographies of Toby Gutteridge, a quadriplegic former Special Forces Soldier, and of Josef Lewkowicz, a Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter.