Field of shadows
By: Dan Waddell
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780593072615; 9781448170098
Subjects: Cricket; History; Cricket matches
Description: Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. But hot on the heels of the 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When Hitler played cricket; title: Das Mekka; title: Nicht kricket; title: Teutonic phlegm and flair; title: Major influence; title: Road to Berlin; title: Dad's Army; title: Propaganda für kricket; title: First 'Test'; title: 'A very relaxing Sport'; title: House of German sport; title: Auf wiedersehen, good fellows; title: Heil cricket!; title: Shadows of war; title: From the ashes.