Peerless Jim

by Alexander Cordell

Jim Driscoll, adopted Welshman, one of the greatest boxers who ever lived.Robust, hot-headed, a born fighter - and a legend in his own lifetime.Moving between South Wales, London and America in the early years of thetwentieth century, this is the dramatic story of a true-life sporting hero - a storyof fierce pride and burning ambition, but also of human weakness and a lovethat survives against all odds.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Anglo-Welsh writer born to an army family in what was then Ceylon.

After retiring from the army he adopted Wales as home and began to write of the country and its history. His first, and best-known novel, the Rape of the Fair Country (first in the Mortymer Trilogy) was a million selling best-seller in its day.