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Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis
Written and illustrated by Tom Humberstone
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Written and illustrated by Tom Humberstone
Hardcover edition
Publisher Avery Hill Publishing Imprint Avery Hill ISBN9781910395691
Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis
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9781910395691J
GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF A JAZZ AGE DOYENNE WHO CHANGED SOCIETY AND SPORTS.
One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age.
With stunning art and an astute eye, 'Suzanne' explores how a figure both enormously influential and too-often overlooked battled her father’s ambition, bias in sporting journalism, and her own divisive personality, to forge a new path — and to change sport forever.
One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a pioneer, making friends and enemies throughout restrictive tennis society in the trailblazing jazz age.
With stunning art and an astute eye, 'Suzanne' explores how a figure both enormously influential and too-often overlooked battled her father’s ambition, bias in sporting journalism, and her own divisive personality, to forge a new path — and to change sport forever.
Footnotes. Further reading. Full-color illustrations.
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