The Three Lives of the Kaiser
$45.85
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2023
Summary
Franz Beckenbauer – known as ‘the Kaiser’ – was Germany’s greatest-ever footballer and one of the game’s biggest icons of all time, a World Cup winner as player and manager. But what is often described as a blessed life was in fact a rollercoaster ride with stunning highs and bitter lows.
He rose to fame at the 1966 World Cup in England, where after West Germany’s final defeat the British press marvelled at the grace of a ‘beaten but proud Prussian officer’. Yet there was nothing Prus…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471189104 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471189104 |
| Author: | Uli Hesse |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Authoritative and affectionate, yet never blinded to its subject’s flaws… More than just another footballer biography: it is a rich and scrupulously researched case study of the complexities of national mythmaking and the caprice of celebrity’ * Times Literary Supplement *
‘The best and most focused book about the greatest German player, faults and all. A diamond-quality read’ * Soccer America Confidential *
Uli Hesse
Uli Hesse is the author of ten football books. Two of them were nominated as German Football Book of the Year. His first English-language publication, Tor!: The Story of German Football (2002), was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Building the Yellow Wall: The Incredible Rise and Cult Appeal of Borussia Dortmund won Football Book of the Year in 2019. He works at 11Freunde magazine, Germany’s biggest football monthly, and lives in Berlin and Dortmund.
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