The British Olympics: Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012:... - Martin Polley

The British Olympics: Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012\nby Martin Polley\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Martin Polley\nTitle: The British Olympics: Britain's Olympic Heritage 1612-2012\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Olympic and Paralympic games\nPublisher: Historic England\nPublication year: 2011\nISBN-13: 9781848020580\nISBN-10: 1848020589\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHistory records that the Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago, died out around 393 AD, and were triumphantly reborn in 1896, in the Greek capital of Athens. Rather less well known is how, during the intervening centuries, an assortment of British writers, romantics, sportsmen and visionaries helped nurture that revival. Indeed, as sports historian Dr Martin Pol.