Each title looks at a different aspect of the Olympics and their great feats and scandals, to give readers a full introduction to the world's greatest sporting event.
Haydn Middleton was born in Reading and studied History at Oxford, where he now lives. He has worked in advertising and publishing, lectured in British myth and legend, and written a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction.
Well, when I put this on hold at the library I was expecting it to be a bit bigger. Oh well. Anyway, though this was short it did have some really good information and it has made me want to read more about the history of the games.