{"product_id":"9781780577159","title":"Snooker's World Champions: Masters of the Baize","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe top snooker players in the world compete for several trophies every year, but one carries more prestige than all the others put together - the World Championship. No other tournament in the sport carries with it so much history, so many golden moments of spectacular success and dramatic failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Meticulously researched and including exclusive interview material with Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy, among others, \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Baize\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive guide to the men who have lifted the greatest prize in snooker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the legendary Joe Davis, the first champion in 1927, to modern-day masters like Mark Williams, all the sport's world champions are put under the microscope, while the colourful careers of forgotten figures such as Walter Donaldson and John Pulman and rogue heroes like Alex Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are brought vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After uncovering the inauspicious origins of the game in nineteenth-century India, the authors examine every former world champion in his own comprehensive chapter. Additionally, a special section focuses on the extraordinary popularity of Jimmy White, by far the greatest player never to have won the title and one of the most emotive names in the sport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300721639664,"sku":"9781780577159","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780577159_p0.jpg?v=1763713514","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780577159","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}