The Great Billy Butlin Race: The First and only Footrace from John O'Groats to Land's End

How a Russian doctor and Billy Butlin brought Britain to the side of the road

"I very much enjoyed this book. A wonderfully accessible look at the development and history of marathons, with particular emphasis on the difficult and enigmatic Barbara Moore." Wishing Shelf

In 1960, Britain was swept by a craze for marathons, embodied in an eccentric 56-year-old Russian: motorcycle champion, former Leningrad death row inmate, radical dietician Dr Barbara Moore. Keen to exploit this new fad, holid...