Rome 1960

<b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Clemente</i> and <i>When Pride Still Mattered</i> the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome seventeen days that helped define the modern world.</b></b> <p/>Legendary athletes and stirring events are interwoven into a suspenseful narrative of sports and politics at the Rome games where cold-war propaganda and spies drugs and sex money and television civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the essence of the Olympics. <p/> Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark maraniss reveals the rich palette of character competition and meaning that gave rome 1960 its singular essence.