Flying Scotsman: The Eric Liddell Story
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1924 summer olympics
400 metres
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Author_Sally Magnusson
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chariots of fire
china
christian missionary
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japanese internment camp
olympic
olympic gold
sabbath
scottish athlete
scottish sportsman
sprinter
Product details
- ISBN 9780752443522
- Weight: 210g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2007
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Eric Liddell is famous for being the man who would not compromise his religious principles and refused to compete in the Olympics on a Sunday - despite the fact that he was the red hot favourite for the gold. Instead he entered a different event that was not being competed on the Sabbath... and won a gold anyway. One of Scotland's finest athletes, Liddell was feted throughout the United Kingdom. At the height of his fame, however, he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp.
The daughter of Magnus 'Mastermind' Magnusson, Sally is a very experienced author. This is a reworking of one of her earliest books.
