'Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it.'
Sunday Times, Books of the Year

Faster. Higher. Stronger. No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. After refusing to compete on religious principle in the event in which he was favourite, the 100 metres, at the 1924 Games in Paris, Liddell won an astonishing gold medal in the 400 metres. But instead of pursuing a path of global fame and fortune, he chose to follow his calling as a missionary in the country of his birth, China, a land which then fell under the iron grip of a brutal Japanese army.

Liddell became the inspirational leader of the work camp in which he, like many thousands, was interned, and For the Glory is the full story of his life, of his family, of his fellow prisoners and the terrible hardships and atrocities they experienced in the Far East. This is the tale of a sporting icon, a man of honour and principle who paid the ultimate sacrifice while becoming the moral centre of an otherwise unbearable world.

• We started tracking this book on January 24, 2016.
• This book was £9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 32 times in the past 3,181 days.
• The current price of this book is £3.99 last checked 4 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £0.99.
• The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on August 1, 2024.
• This book has been £0.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £9.99 last reached on January 24, 2016.
• This book has been £9.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Biography & True AccountsBiographies

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 402 Pages
• File Size: 7,724 KB