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1923 Ned Boulting

1923 By Ned Boulting

1923 by Ned Boulting

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1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting

WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing' The Telegraph '[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful' The Times The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathe 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 Pathe 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.

1923 Reviews

[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful * The Times *
An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing * The Telegraph *
Spellbinding * Daily Mail *
A captivating journey of discovery into a lost world. A real joy to read. * Tom McTague *
Witty, discursive, and tons of fun, Ned Boulting has the Tour de France under his skin, and you will too by the time you've read this * Al Murray, comedian, author and presenter of history podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk *
Ned's captivating book explores one man's obsession with this magnificent event and casts an intriguing light on a tiny fragment of a race long gone by * Alexei Sayle *
Ned has created a rich tapestry from the finest of threads ... I felt transported back with him to the very origins of bike racing and the world that created it * David Millar *
one of the most intelligent sporting books i have come acrossthe writing is compulsive, eloquently conveying the twists and turns of the story as it unfoldsexcellent -- thewashingmachinepost
There has never been a cycling book quite like this one. A scrap of newsreel film, a century old and two and a half minutes long, sweeps Ned Boulting back not just into the world of a forgotten hero of the Tour de France but into the forces that shaped that world: a collision of sport, war, family and destiny. And as he searches for the tiniest clues among the faded celluloid shadows, he carries us along with him, making us his companions on a remarkable mission of rediscovery * Richard Williams, music and sports journalist *
Delightful -- Dara O Briain * Twitter *
Utterly captivatingan amazing concept and a truly fascinating adventure into cycling, history and people a truly addictive read. * Cyclist *
Beginning with a fragment of a century-old race, Ned has written a biography of the unknown rider. And in honouring him hes told us more about bike racing, the Tour and about Europe in the years between the wars than wed ever have learned from a book about a star * Michael Hutchinson, racing cyclist and writer *
This is a wonderful piece of writing that transcends sport. -- New European
Boultings enthusiasm for the footage is catching. [He] is a sympathetic writer and an extremely knowledgeable historian. -- Times Literary Supplement
Witty, discursive, and tons of fun, Ned Boulting has the Tour De France under his skin, and you will too by the time you read this -- Al Murray
An engaging melange of sports writing, history, travelogue and detective story... Fascinating * Waterstones *
An exceptional book * Pez Cycling News *
A great example of what constitutes the best longform writing about sport -- The New European
A reminder that bike racing is inextricably bound to the history, characters and contours of its surroundings. * Cyclist *
Such a poignant book. Ned Boulting is conjuring ghosts. I don't know of many things more thrilling than this * Philippe Auclair *

About Ned Boulting

Ned Boulting is the UKs best known voice of cycling he commentates on the Tour de France for ITV, and all other major cycling races. Ned is the author of five books, including the bestselling How I Won the Yellow Jumper and On the Road Bike. He lives in London with his wife and two children. @nedboulting

Table of Contents

1. Looking 2. Falling 3. Moving Postscript Further Reading Index

Additional information

NGR9781399401586
9781399401586
1399401580
1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting
Ned Boulting
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2024-07-04
288
Long-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023 (UK)
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