ROAD TO VALOUR is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and, between his Tour victories, secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Aili McConnon writes for BusinessWeek Magazine. She has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, CNN and ABC television and she has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Guardian.Andres McConnon is the primary researcher on the forthcoming publication, The Nazi Culture Sourcebook (University of California Press, 2009). He graduated with high honors from Princeton University and was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship.
this book provides a picture of an irascible but indomitable
athlete who faced testing times with character and humility
*SUNDAY TELEGRAPH*
As the Tour de France gets going today, here's a startling,
sparkling chronicle of two-time winner Gino Bartali
*INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY*
This first account in English of Bartali's life, based on ten years
of research, is a timely reminder.. that there were many Italian
Catholics who saved Jewish lives.
*THE TABLET*
an unfailingly heroic version of Bartali's life
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