A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match (Hardcover) by Marshall Jon Fisher

from patrickgarson

Marshall Jon Fisher has written a thrilling book about a tennis match that happened over seventy years ago. But it's not really about a tennis match. Fisher turns the court into a stage for the drama of a world tipping into war, repressed desires, and steely ambition. Wimbledon. 1937. Everyone kn...

from asktheages

Extremely compelling account of the famous 1937 Davis Cup match between Don Budge and Baron Gottfried von Cramm. The match itself is still widely hailed as one of the best ever played, and Fisher does a fantastic job of wrapping up the match itself, the backgrounds of the three principal characte...

from gayla.bassham

Really 3 1/2 stars, and probably even 4 if you find tennis matches compelling. As it turns out, I don't. But I did grow to like and care about Bill Tilden, Don Budge, and Gottfried Cramm, which made the epilogue genuinely moving.

from writemoves

Maybe should be retitled "The Greatest Story behind a Tennis Match Ever Played." Very interesting story and history (pre-World War II) around a Davis Cup match between the United States and Germany.

from patrickgarson

Marshall Jon Fisher has written a thrilling book about a tennis match that happened over seventy years ago. But it's not really about a tennis match. Fisher turns the court into a stage for the drama of a world tipping into war, repressed desires, and steely ambition. Wimbledon. 1937. Everyone kn...