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Olympics in Athens 1896: The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games by Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith, KCVO CMG (Hardcover, 2004)

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Binding : Hardcover. Publication Date : 2004-05-27. Condition : New. Publisher : Profile Books Ltd.

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That opening sentence gives the flavour of a rich and often entertaining work of history that brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in Britain, the US, France, Germany and other western countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting the Coubertin Games could help to put down the young Greek state on the European map.