Michael Beloff

They are made a spectacle unto the world

Michael Beloff reviews a selection of books on the Olympic Games

  • The First London Olympics: 1908

    Rebecca Jenkins

    Piatkus Books, pp. 288

  • The Marathon Makers

    John Bryant

    John Blake Publishing Ltd, pp. 352

  • Bikila: Ethiopia’s Barefoot Olympian

    Tim Judah

    Reportage Press, pp. 200

  • The Treasures of the Olympic Games

    The Olympic Museum

    Carlton Books Ltd, pp. 64

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