Miller's Luck: The Life And Loves Of Keith Miller, Australia's Greatest All-Rounder
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few men have lived as completely and as brilliantly as Keith Miller — war hero, irresistible charmer, and the cricketer so gifted that Don Bradman himself called him Australia's greatest all-rounder. Miller's Luck by Roland Perry chronicles the extraordinary life of a man who flew Mosquito bombers over Nazi Germany by day and conquered cricket pitches around the world by the weekend, weaving together a portrait of dazzling athletic genius and unquenchable romantic appetite that defined an era in Australian sporting history. Perry, the bestselling author of The Don and Monash, brings his signature narrative authority to this biography, drawing on rare interviews and archival research to illuminate the contradictions of a man who treated life — and luck — as his greatest sporting opponent. Miller's wartime experiences profoundly shaped his devil-may-care approach to cricket, and Perry argues compellingly that it was precisely this brush with mortality that made him so electrifying to watch. A story of courage, charisma, and consequence, Miller's Luck leaves the reader wondering whether such a man — so perfectly formed for his moment in history — could ever exist again.
Author: Roland Perry
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few men have lived as completely and as brilliantly as Keith Miller — war hero, irresistible charmer, and the cricketer so gifted that Don Bradman himself called him Australia's greatest all-rounder. Miller's Luck by Roland Perry chronicles the extraordinary life of a man who flew Mosquito bombers over Nazi Germany by day and conquered cricket pitches around the world by the weekend, weaving together a portrait of dazzling athletic genius and unquenchable romantic appetite that defined an era in Australian sporting history. Perry, the bestselling author of The Don and Monash, brings his signature narrative authority to this biography, drawing on rare interviews and archival research to illuminate the contradictions of a man who treated life — and luck — as his greatest sporting opponent. Miller's wartime experiences profoundly shaped his devil-may-care approach to cricket, and Perry argues compellingly that it was precisely this brush with mortality that made him so electrifying to watch. A story of courage, charisma, and consequence, Miller's Luck leaves the reader wondering whether such a man — so perfectly formed for his moment in history — could ever exist again.