Angel of the Mountains: The Curious Life of Charly Gaul, Cycling's Forgotten Superstar

Author: Paul Maunder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The Times Charly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the...Read more