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Title Page

Dedication

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: The Great Dorando

1 Once a Winner

2 A Taste of Defeat

3 Two Wheels to Happiness

4 Conan Doyle and the Mystery of the Dirty War

5 The Stamp of Love

6 Cheating for Boys

7 Digging and Dreaming

8 The Soldier Returns

9 In Love with a Legend

10 The Race that Saved the Games

11 Torn Apart by Passion

12 The Baron’s Lost Vision

13 The Shambles of St Louis

14 The Great American Winning Machine

15 Humbled by Distance

16 Eruptions in Athens

17 Meet Mr Fair Play

18 I Will Win or I Will Die

19 A Ticket to London

20 Secrets of the Great White City

21 No Earthly King

22 The Tug-of-War Nations

23 Testing Positive for Profit

24 By Royal Command?

25 The Marathon Contenders

26 The Great Halswelle Affair

27 The Road From Windsor

28 The Man Who Lost and Won

29 A Fair Field and No Favour

30 The Morning After

31 The Lion in Chains

32 Marathon Mania

33 The Sweet Music of Fame

34 Running to Death

35 Victoria’s Secrets

36 The Battle Is Over

Afterword

Appendix I Entries for the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Appendix II Result of the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Appendix III Dorando Pietri’s Marathon Career

Index

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