For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire

For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire

by Duncan Hamilton
For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire

For the Glory: The Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire

by Duncan Hamilton

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Overview

“Hamilton is a guarantee of quality.” —Financial Times

“Duncan Hamilton’s compelling biography puts flesh on the legend and paints a vivid picture of not only a great athlete, but also a very special human being.” —Daily Mail

The untold and inspiring story of Eric Liddell, hero of Chariots of Fire, from his Olympic medal to his missionary work in China to his last, brave years in a Japanese work camp during WWII


Many people will remember Eric Liddell as the Olympic gold medalist from the Academy Award winning film Chariots of Fire. Famously, Liddell would not run on Sunday because of his strict observance of the Christian sabbath, and so he did not compete in his signature event, the 100 meters, at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was the greatest sprinter in the world at the time, and his choice not to run was ridiculed by the British Olympic committee, his fellow athletes, and most of the world press. Yet Liddell triumphed in a new event, winning the 400 meters in Paris.

Liddell ranand livedfor the glory of his God. After winning gold, he dedicated himself to missionary work. He travelled to China to work in a local school and as a missionary. He married and had children there. By the time he could see war on the horizon, Liddell put Florence, his pregnant wife, and children on a boat to Canada, while he stayed behind, his conscience compelling him to stay among the Chinese. He and thousands of other westerners were eventually interned at a Japanese work camp.

Once imprisoned, Liddell did what he was born to do, practice his faith and his sport. He became the moral center of an unbearable world. He was the hardest worker in the camp, he counseled many of the other prisoners, he gave up his own meager portion of meals many days, and he organized games for the children there. He even raced again. For his ailing, malnourished body, it was all too much. Liddell died of a brain tumor just before the end of the war. His passing was mourned around the world, and his story still inspires.

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat and Unbroken, For the Glory is both a compelling narrative of athletic hero'sm and a gripping story of faith in the darkest circumstances.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143110187
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/09/2017
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 123,276
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Duncan Hamilton is an award-winning sportswriter and author who has twice won the foremost sports writing prize in the UK (the William Hill) and been nominated an additional three times. He is the author of several books.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Last Race of the Champion 1

Part 1 Faster

1 How to Become a Great Athlete 19

2 A Cup of Strong Tea, Please 45

3 Coming to the Crossroads 67

4 I Wonder If I'm Doing the Right Thing? 78

5 Dancing the Tango along the Champs-Élysées 90

6 Not for Sale at Any Price 112

Part 2 Higher

7 Good-Bye to All That 129

8 There Are No Foreign Lands 143

9 "Will Ye No Come Back Again?" 158

10 There's Something I Want to Talk to You About 174

11 Everywhere the Crows are Black 194

12 The Sharpest Edge of the Sword 212

Part 3 Stronger

13 The Man Who Isn't There 237

14 No More Happy Birthdays 252

15 You Can Run … But You Won't Catch Us, Old Man 274

16 Call To Me All My Sad Captains 304

Epilogue: What Will Survive of Us Is Love 338

Acknowledgments 353

Notes 359

Author's Sources 377

Index 381

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