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  • Angel of the Mountains

    The Curious Life of Charly Gaul, Cycling's Forgotten Superstar

    by Paul Maunder ...
    'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $4.99 CAD

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    Angel of the Mountains

    The Curious Life of Charly Gaul, Cycling's Forgotten Superstar

    by Paul Maunder ...
    Narrated by Michael Chance ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 45 min

    'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The TimesCharly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

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