Sports Knight: A Hundred Years of Sporting Knights and Dames

Sports Knight uncovers the stories behind Britain’s sporting knights and dames, offering a compelling alternative history of British sport and society over the past century.

Why were these sporting figures elevated as national role models? What do the honors they received reveal about the values, priorities, and ideals of the times in which they lived?

The answers are often revealing. Inevitably, the list of sporting knights and dames includes more men than women, more wealthy individuals tha...