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Post by QPR Report on Dec 19, 2008 20:25:23 GMT
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Post by QPR Report on Dec 20, 2008 9:39:26 GMT
And reposting the book review I believe I had on the blog a couple of months ago But doesn't mention what was said on the board. REVIEW Bernie Ecclestone: King of Sport”
28 November 2008 by Keith Collantine If “Bernie Ecclestone: King of Sport” is a revised and updated version of Terry Lovell’s biography of the man who has single-handedly shaped Formula 1 over the past three decades and more. Scarcely a week passes without us discussing Ecclestone’ latest move, whether it’s the dropping of a well-loved track from the F1 calendar, a new commercial deal or a controversial proposal to revise the championship scoring system. Plenty has happened in the five years since the original version of this book “Bernie’s Game” was published. So what does “King of Sport” add - and is it worth rushing out to buy? The text has grown from 17 chapters to 20 - but not all of the new sections contain new material. Interestingly, one paragraph on the Karel van Miert/Max Mosley affair has vanished, and some new material has been added here. There’s some reference to Mosley’s sadomasochism scandal and Ecclestone’s handling of it, but the majority of the new information concerns Ecclestone’s investment in Queens’ Park Rangers Football Club. That presumably justifies the revised title and the picture of someone kicking a ball on the cover, which will surely help sales.But little of the developments that have taken place in F1 over the last five years receive much attention. And Lovell must be cursing the timing of two recent news stories concerning Ecclestone that emerged shortly after the publication of this book: the new information about his infamous £1m donation to the Labour party in Britain in 1997, and his divorce from wife Slavica. The original passages are very thoroughly researched - the subject matter does make them difficult reading at times, but to an extent that is unavoidable with a book like this. But I can’t justify spending £18 on this hardback when you can pick up “Bernie’s Game” in paperback for a fraction of the price, and only miss a couple of paragraphs about QPR, much of which is scene-setting that hardly involves Ecclestone.Also, an introduction drawing attention to the changes and explaining them would have been nice. Without it, the re-packaging of an earlier book with a revised cover that might be more appealing to football fans does look rather cynical. So in conclusion: buy the cheaper one. That’s what Bernie would do. www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/11/28/bernie-ecclestone-king-of-sport/
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Post by QPR Report on Dec 20, 2008 9:45:29 GMT
From Amazon Product Description Product Description He is the man who created modern-day Formula One. He is both feared and admired for the way in which he masterminded its transformation from an amateur sport of the fifties into a global billion dollar industry of the 21st century. And now, with his GBP 2.5bn fortune, influence and power, Bernie Ecclestone has moved into the world of soccer with Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore to turn Queen's Park Rangers, a struggling west London club, into a serious rival to the capital's glamour club, Chelsea.Overnight, QPR has access to more wealth than Real Madrid, able to compete with the cheque-book of Roman Abramovich, Chelsea's Russian billionaire owner. But what makes Bernie run? What lies behind the grim, poker-face of this deal-maker extraordinaire, who, for nearly forty years, has ruthlessly exploited and dominated Formula One? To many he became the saviour of the sport, but there have also been many who have suffered at this hands - the weak and the gullible, the politically naive and unsuspecting. They have a different story to tell." Bernie's Game" reveals the unbridled avarice, callousness and corruption behind the hype of Formula One - and the warts-and-all character of the man who is now setting his sights on a sport no less decadent. This is the true, astonishing story of the single most powerful man in world sport today. About the Author Terry Lovell, a former national newspaper news editor and investigative reporter, is author of Bernie's Game, Number One Millbank, An Invasion of Privacy, and A Camera in Colditz. www.amazon.co.uk/Bernie-Ecclestone-Sport-Terry-Lovell/dp/1844546233Browse Inside the BookInside This Book (Learn More) Browse Sample Pages Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover Inside Flap - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/1844546233/ref=sib_rdr_ff?ie=UTF8&p=S002&j=0#reader-page Table of ContentsPage 1 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/1844546233/ref=sib_rdr_toc?ie=UTF8&p=S00D&j=0#reader-pagePage 2 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/1844546233/ref=sib_rdr_toc?ie=UTF8&p=S00D&j=0#reader-pageExcerpts (racing not QPR) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/1844546233/ref=sib_rdr_ex?ie=UTF8&p=S00J&j=0#reader-page |
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