Edwin Flack The Lion Of Athens by Peter Sweeney
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Edwin Flack The Lion Of Athens

Author: Peter Sweeney
Special Features: Illustrated, Inscribed
Condition: The cover has light scuffing, and corner wear. The front inner cover has the name of the previous owner. No other writing. Light page edge rubbing. Pages are clean and tidy. Tight binding.

Biography & Memoir Sport & Recreation Australiana

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.
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Peter Sweeney’s Edwin Flack: The Lion of Athens traces Australia’s first Olympic champion from suburban athletics to glory at the inaugural 1896 Games. This fresh biography mixes sports history with local colour to show how a Melbourne accountant became a national hero.

The 288-page paperback arrives clean and tightly bound, illustrated throughout and personally inscribed on the title page. Light scuffing to the cover and minor corner wear hint at gentle reading, while pages remain bright and free of notes beyond a previous owner’s name inside the front cover.

Ideal for young adult readers, athletics devotees or anyone hooked on Australian history, the book delivers a vivid portrait of an era when amateur sport captured the world. Grab this affordable, well-kept copy to complete your sports biography shelf or gift a piece of Olympic lore.