Lying some thirty miles off the Dalmatian coast, the Croatian island of Vis has a long and dramatic history bound up with various European empires, from Ancient Greece and Rome through the Venetian Republic and Austria-Hungary to fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the twentieth century. For forty years in the latter half of that century it was a closed military base. Today the islands 4,000 inhabitants try to strike a balance between their traditional agricultural livelihood and the pressures and temptations of European tourism in an age of globalization. This book tells the story of how a group of distinctly average cricketers became unlikely sporting ambassadors and, quite by accident, helped re-introduce an island to its forgotten past.

About the Author
Steven Haslemere has been playing cricket badly for longer than he cares to remember. He is secretary of the St. Radegund pub s cricket team, and a co-founder and editor of its annual magazine Witless Cricketers' Almanac. He is married and lives in Cambridge.

Reviews
'Lingers on its subject with a dedicated fascination. The team's exploits should raise a smile of recognition from anyone who has ever been on a cricket tour but the book's real interest lies in the historical detail of an island which served as Tito's secret HQ during the war and remained off-limits for 40 years afterwards.' --Wisden Cricketer 'Can I recommend a rather unusual cricket book? The Ascent of Mount Hum.' --Lawrence Booth, Guardian website's coverage of England Test Match cricket



Book Information
ISBN 9781904955481
Author Steven Haslemere
Format Hardback
Imprint Signal Books Ltd
Publisher Signal Books Ltd