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1896. Athens hosts the first of the modern Olympic Games.
The world gathered to celebrate sporting achievement.
A large cast of athletes came from various countries, including a contingent from Harvard and Princeton who won the hearts of the Athenians as they won most of the first place medals.
But the book is much more than a tale of athletes and organizers.
Mandell gives us an insight into the birth of the modern Olympic movement, and into the pe...
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