Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine - Softcover

Pearson, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408705729 ISBN 13: 9781408705728

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2017

Synopsis

Born in rural Trinidad in 1901, Learie Constantine was a dynamic all-rounder who helped to define the exuberant, aggressive style of West Indian cricket in the 1930s and was one of the first black cricketers to play in the English leagues. This biography tells the story of his remarkable achievements which, in later life, saw him winning a landmark discrimination case in London, qualifying as a barrister, and becoming a politician, statesman and peer.

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Review:

At last Constantine has found a biographer capable of telling his magnificent story - Harry Pearson has written a beguiling work that does full justice to this wonderful sportsman and most honourable of men (Peter Oborne Daily Mail)

an excellently researched and sensitively handled account of Constantine's life and impact beyond the game. He was "a 'Champagne cocktail' cricketer - effervescent but with a kick" and half a century on, his story has lost none of its fizz (ESPN.com)

Harry Pearson is an author with an aversion to uninteresting sentences. Connie is a constantly engaging study (Giles Smith The Times)

Cricket fans will cherish . . . and Harry Pearson 's admirable Learie Constantine biography Connie (Huw Richards Guardian)

A beautiful book (New European)

Book Description:

A masterful biography of one of the biggest personalities in cricketing history, from the author of The Trundlers and Slipless in Settle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1408705729
• ISBN 13: 9781408705728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368