Angel of the Mountains

by Paul Maunder

'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . . It is also a critique of the damage that myth-making and the media can do to an athlete; a study of what happens to a demigod when thrown from Mount Olympus' The Times

Charly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia twice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529429587
• ISBN13: 9781529429589
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages