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Chargement... 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsessionpar Ned Boulting
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The book describes the author's acquisition of a short cine film from the 1922 Tour de France, and his almost obsessive interest in discerning what he could about the events and people in it. Early in reading this book, it's quite engaging - almost a therapeutic response to the Covid lockdowns of 2020 - and his digressions into European politics and current events of the 1920s are interesting. Ultimately, reading the book became a bit of a chore! ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story. In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence - studying each frame, face and building - until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story - to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film. Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI - meeting characters like Henri Pélissier, who won the Tour that year but who would within the decade be shot dead by his wife's lover. And Theophile Beeckman - the lone rider on the bridge. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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