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Meticulously researched and well-organised - an informative account of how the World Cup became the global event it is today * Jamie Carragher * A history of the World Cup that is also a four yearly temperature check on the history of the entire world. Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining * Tom Holland * Jonathan Wilson is a master at telling football's greatest ever stories... Breathtaking. Wilson's eye for detail and his elegant writing brings the World Cup to life like no other book on the topic I have ever read * Elis James * An outstanding book by a truly outstanding writer. Jonathan Wilson understands not only the long history of the game, and the characters who gloriously shaped it, but also the essentials of the game itself. Once you've finished reading The Power and the Glory, you'll want the next World Cup finals to kick off tomorrow * Duncan Hamilton * Unfailingly lucid and objective, as well as packed with fascinating characters and anecdotes, Jonathan Wilson's The Power and the Glory is the authoritative history we have long needed about football's ultimate tournament * David Kynaston *

An outstanding book by a truly outstanding writer. Jonathan Wilson understands not only the long history of the game, and the characters who gloriously shaped it, but also the essentials of the game itself. Once you've finished reading The Power and the Glory, you'll want the next World Cup finals to kick off tomorrow * Duncan Hamilton *

An outstanding book by a truly outstanding writer. Jonathan Wilson understands not only the long history of the game, and the characters who gloriously shaped it, but also the essentials of the game itself. Once you've finished reading The Power and the Glory, you'll want the next World Cup finals to kick off tomorrow * Duncan Hamilton * Unfailingly lucid and objective, as well as packed with fascinating characters and anecdotes, Jonathan Wilson's The Power and the Glory is the authoritative history we have long needed about football's ultimate tournament * David Kynaston * Meticulously researched and well-organised - an informative account of how the World Cup became the global event it is today * Jamie Carragher * A history of the World Cup that is also a four yearly temperature check on the history of the entire world. Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining * Tom Holland *

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Jonathan Wilson is the editor of the Blizzard and a freelance writer for the Guardian, World Soccer and Sports Illustrated. He is the author of twelve books, including Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics, Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe, Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina, The Barcelona Legacy, The Names Heard Long Ago and Two Brothers.

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