Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

William Fotheringham

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The great cyclist of the postwar Coppi’s scandalous divorce and controversial death convulsed Italy in the 1950s. Fallen Angel tells the tragic story of the man who became Italy’s symbol of rebirth after the disasters of war, yet died reviled and heartbroken.

Genres: CyclingBiographySportsNonfictionItalyHistoryBicycles

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