Free Download Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CD2V1J2S | 2023 | 15 hours and 48 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 426 MB
Author: Madeleine Blais
Narrator: Moniqua Plante
In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. She was a glamorous worldwide celebrity, having that year won singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles tennis titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open, then an unprecedented feat. Yet today one of America’s greatest female athletes and most charismatic characters is largely forgotten. Queen of the Court places her back on center stage. Given a tennis racket at thirteen, she took to the sport immediately, rising to the top with a powerful, aggressive serve-and-volley style unseen in women’s tennis. A champion at the height of her fame in the late 1930s, she also designed a clothing line and sang as a performer.
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