{"product_id":"glittering-prize-jonathan-obrien-9781836801788","title":"Glittering Prize: The Story of the Fifa World Cup Volume I, 1930-1978 Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery four years, the planet stops dead for an event like no other. The World Cup captures the global imagination in a way that dwarfs every other sporting competition. \u003ci\u003eGlittering Prize\u003c\/i\u003e tells the full story of its thrilling century-long arc. Volume I looks back at the tournament's first five decades: its embryonic incarnation in 1930; the stunning fall of champions-elect Brazil at the Maracanã in 1950; the equally sensational demise of Hungary's Magic Magyars four years later in Bern; England's glory in 1966; Brazil's joyful conquest of Italy in 1970; the unfulfilled flowering of the Netherlands' Total Football in 1974; and Argentina's tainted triumph against the backdrop of the Dirty War in 1978. Brimming with incredible detail and magnetic characters such as Ferenc Puskás, Garrincha, Gigi Riva, Johan Cruyff and Daniel Passarella, \u003ci\u003eGlittering Prize\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping chronicle of the greatest sporting show on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836801785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836801788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jonathan O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443226423551,"sku":"9781836801788","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b923a0db-9937-4fe6-bcd3-fde879a3b83e.jpg?v=1777202689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glittering-prize-jonathan-obrien-9781836801788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}