{"product_id":"9781909534230","title":"Wimbledon : The Official History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was to raise funds for the repair of a broken pony roller, so essential for the upkeep of the lawns at their ground in Nursery Lane, Wimbledon, that the All England Croquet Club first decided to hold a tennis tournament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom those humble beginnings in 1877 The Championships at Wimbledon have grown to become one of the world's great international sporting occasions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lavishly illustrated and updated and revised fourth edition of the definitive Wimbledon history John Barrett has traced the process by which a small private tennis club in rural Surrey has become a multi-million pound business that is the main source of finance for British tennis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a romantic story that reflects the ages, decade by decade, from the chivalrous Victorian days when the whalebone stays the ladies wore beneath their ankle-length dresses often drew blood and the gentlemen played in striped shirts, cricket caps and long stockings, to today's white-clad gladiators in functional attire befitting super-fit international athletes of the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these pages you will find all the game's heroes and heroines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecaptured in action and in vivid detail through the lenses of the world's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleading sports photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW EDITION - INCLUDES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDY MURRAY'S WIN IN 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scb Distributors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044046684400,"sku":"9781909534230","price":32.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909534230_p0.jpg?v=1763625152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909534230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}