Two brothers /
by Wilson, Jonathan.
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BookPublisher: London : Little, Brown, 2022Description: 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781408714492 (hbk.) :; 1408714493 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 CHASubject(s): Charlton, Jack | Charlton, Bobby | Soccer players -- England -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Biography: sport | Ball sports / ball games | Football (Soccer, Association football)Summary: 'Two Brothers' tells the story of a great sporting family, uncovering new details, exposing myths and placing Jack and Bobby Charlton in their historical context. It's a book about two English footballers but also about English football and England itself. In later life Jack and Bobby didn't get on and barely spoke but the lives of these very different brothers from the coalfield tells the story of late twentieth-century English football: the tensions between flair and industry, between individuality and the collective, between right and left, between middle- and working-classes, between exile and home.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108290X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108258X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Two Brothers' tells the story of a great sporting family, uncovering new details, exposing myths and placing Jack and Bobby Charlton in their historical context. It's a book about two English footballers but also about English football and England itself. In later life Jack and Bobby didn't get on and barely spoke but the lives of these very different brothers from the coalfield tells the story of late twentieth-century English football: the tensions between flair and industry, between individuality and the collective, between right and left, between middle- and working-classes, between exile and home.
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