Classic After-Dinner Sports Tales

By: Rice, Jonathan

Following on from the hugely successful Best After-Dinner Sports Tales, yet more rousing stories from the after-dinner speaking circuit, from some of the biggest names in sport as well as celebrities from the world of entertainment. The book will take a look at the cricket world, with stories from Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand and the sub-continent, and go on to cover many other sports, with contributions from the world of rugby, football, golf, racing and athletics. Alongside some the biggest names in sport, there will be other celebrities amusing the reader with their favourite anecdotes, including Sir David Frost, Dickie Davies, Sir Patrick Moore, Julian Wilson and well-established Lord's Taverners like Richard Stilgoe, Ronnie Corbett, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Rory Bremner. Never before has such a wide range of talent from the worlds of sport and entertainment come together in such striking form. Their stories will provide a richly entertaining read for all the family, male and female, young and old.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08FG9FS4V
• ISBN13: 9780007189908
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.7"