Fallen Angel

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<p>Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the<i>campionissimo</i>- champion of champions. The greatest cyclist of the immediate post-war years, he was the first man to win cycling's great double, the Tour de France and Tour of Italy in the same year - and he did it twice. He achieved mythical status for his crushing solo victories, world titles and world records. But his significance extends far beyond his sport.</p><p>Coppi's scandalous divorce and controversial early death convulsed a conservative, staunchly Roman Catholic Italy in the 1950s. At a time when adultery was still illegal, Coppi and his lover were dragged from their bed in the middle of the night, excommunicated and forced to face a clamorous legal battle. The ramifications of this case are still being felt today.</p><p>In<i>Fallen Angel</i>, acclaimed cycling biographer, William Fotheringham, tells the tragic story of Coppi's life and death - of how a man who became the symbol of a nation's rebirth after the disasters of war died reviled and heartbroken. Told with insight and intelligence, this is a unique portrait of Italy and Italian sport at a time of tumultuous change.</p>

Autorenportrait

William Fotheringham writes for the Guardian and Observer on cycling and rugby. A racing cyclist and launch editor of<i>procycling</i>and<i>Cycle Sport</i>magazines, he has reported on over twenty Tours de France. He is the critically lauded author of<i>Fallen Angel</i>,<i>Roule Britannia</i>,<i>Put Me Back on My Bike</i>, which<i>Vélo</i>magazine called 'The best cycling biography ever written; and the<i>Sunday Times</i>number one bestselling biography of Eddy Merckx.

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