Little Book of the Olympics

"The Little Book of the Olympics" takes an A-Z view of the greatest athletes, events and triumphs of the world's ultimate sporting event from those inaugural games through to the Thirtieth Olympiad to be held in London over the summer of 2012.

On a cold Parisian November day in 1892, a young French dignitary, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, addressed an audience at the Sorbonne calling for the re-establishment of an ancient wonder - The Olympic Games.

His dream would come to fruition in Athens during the spring of 1896 as the Games of the First Olympiad were declared open.

Packaged together with the superb DVD History of the Olympics, this is a brilliant gift for Christmas.