Eric Liddell

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One of the greatest heroes of the Cross in this centuryEric Liddell, hero of the film Chariots of Fire, risked becoming a national disgrace at the 1924 Paris Olympics when he refused to run on a Sunday

• Eric Liddell available on August 13 2015 from Indigo for 8.99
  
• ISBN bar code 9781556611506 ξ1 registered August 13 2015
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978155661150
  

Disqualifying himself from the finals, Britain''s hope of a medal was sacrificed as well. But the thinly veiled criticism in the press turned to sensational acclaim when Eric entered—and won—a race for which he was completely untrained, finishing a full five meters ahead of the favorite.He was a celebrity, but the faith which had inspired his courageous stand stirred in him again, and at the height of his fame he announced that he was leaving athletics to return as a missionary to the land of his birth, China. This story of "God''s Athlete" makes for exciting reading.From renowned Scottish athlete to missionary in China.

^ Eric Liddell Indigo. ISBN 9781556611506 (revised Aug 2015)