The Great Billy Butlin Race
Richards, Robin![The Great Billy Butlin Race](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/361/36134791/CHSBZCOP0336134791.jpg)
How a Russian doctor and Billy Butlin brought Britain to the side of the road"I very much enjoyed this book. A wonderfully accessible look at the development and history of marathons, with particular emphasis on the difficult and enigmatic Barbara Moore." Wishing ShelfIn 1960, Britain was swept by a craze for marathons, embodied in an eccentric 56-year-old Russian: motorcycle champion, former Leningrad death row inmate, radical dietician Dr Ba...