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Duncan Hamilton

    Tento írsky autor tvorí epické fantasy dobrodružstvá, ktoré čerpajú inšpiráciu z jeho vášne pre stredovekú a renesančnú históriu. Jeho štýl sa vyznačuje rýchlym spádom, pútavými postavami a vysokými stávkami, čím odráža jeho vlastné literárne záujmy. Zameriava sa na témy ako vykúpenie, pomsta a megalománia, zasadené do svetov plných drakov a súbojov s mečom. Jeho diela často skúmajú výzvy, ktorým čelia neobyčajní hrdinovia, keď sú vtiahnutí do intríg a bojov, ktoré formujú ich osud.

    Injury Time
    One Long and Beautiful Summer
    For the Glory
    Provided You Don't Kiss Me
    The Footballer Who Could Fly
    Answered Prayers
    • A remarkable look at the 1966 World Cup, the most famous sporting event in English history, and a portrait of an age by our greatest writer on sport.

      Answered Prayers2023
      5,0
    • Injury Time

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Injury Time is the first novel from the great sportswriter Duncan Hamilton. It is about accepting the past and living a life in the present, hope and disappointment, success and failure and how close all of those things are in life and in the glory game.

      Injury Time2021
      3,8
    • One Long and Beautiful Summer

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      An elegiac work reflecting on the evolution of cricket since 1945 and the dramatic changes that the 2020 had promised to bring.

      One Long and Beautiful Summer2020
      4,1
    • For the Glory

      • 528 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      `Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. After refusing to compete on religious principle in the event in which he was favourite, the 100 metres, at the 1924 Games in Paris, Liddell won an astonishing gold medal in the 400 metres.

      For the Glory2017
      4,4
    • Inspired by his father's lifelong devotion to Newcastle United, Duncan Hamilton charts the progress of postwar British football to the present day. But at the heart of the book is his exploration of the bond between father and son through the Beautiful Game and how football became the only connection between two people who were totally different from one another.

      The Footballer Who Could Fly2013
      4,5
    • Provided You Don't Kiss Me

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      `One day you'll write a book about this club. Or, more to the point, about me. So you may as well know what I'm thinking and save it up for later when it won't do any harm to anyone.'

      Provided You Don't Kiss Me2008
      4,3