- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409077114
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
The Last Champion
The Life of Fred Perry
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409077114
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
A compelling tome, one that traces an extraordinary life
The Times
A compelling portrait of a great sportsman.
Max Davidson, Mail on Sunday
The first clear-eyed account of an extraordinary life. Book of the Week
Simon Redfern, Independent on Sunday
Evocative
Daily Mail
Enthralling
Sunday Express
A great story, far meatier than the average sporting biography. Henderson has researched it well, tells it nicely and weighs up conflicting evidence wisely.
Matthew Engel
Book of the Week
Radio 4
The Last Champion was no doubt conceived not only to celebrate the centenary of Perry's birth but in the hope that this year at last there might be another British player with the grit, speed and ingenuity to win Wimbledon...the book is worth reading, in any case, not just for the portrait of the unstoppable Fred but for the easy-flowing manner in which Jon Henderson, the doyen of tennis correspondents, evokes the glamour of the sporting 1930s.
Ferdinand Mount, TLS