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Bernie Ecclestone

King of Sport

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Bernie Ecclestone

By: Terry Lovell
Narrated by: Norman Gilligan
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For nearly forty years he has ruthlessly exploited and dominated Formula One motor racing, and now he is setting his sights further afield.... This is the true story of Bernie Ecclestone, the street-smart, working-class kid who masterminded the transformation of Formula One from an amateur sport of the fifties into a global billion dollar industry of the 21st century.

Now, with his GBP2.5bn fortune, influence and power, Bernie has moved into the world of football with Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore to turn Queen's Park Rangers, a struggling west London club, into a serious rival to the capital's glamour club, Chelsea. To many he was the saviour of Formula One, but there are also those who came into conflict with his methods. They have a different story to tell. Bernie Ecclesone, King of Sport reveals the unbridled avarice, callousness and corruption behind the hype of Formula One - and the warts-and-all character of the man who is now making his mark on the beautiful game. This is the true, astonishing story of the single most powerful man in thew world of sport today.

©2009 John Blake Publishing (P)2013 Prospero Media Business Engineering Motor Sports Professionals & Academics Sports Royalty

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I could recommend this book to be read but having tried to listen for the first couple of hours, the narrator just makes me want to scream! Sadly what is a very interesting life story is wrecked by a dull and over punctuated narrator. He sets out and manages very well to pronounce every syllable but this effectively kills any inflection and just gets in the way of the story. Very disappointing and I would avoid this narrator in the future.

How could the performance have been better?

If this had only been read by someone who could just talk then it would be a great audio book. Its been made to sound so dull when in fact its a good book!

Interesting story ruined by the narration

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This book is appallingly read - by far the worst I have ever heard. Quite how the issuing company released this is beyond comprehension - don’t waste your money on it

Interesting story BUT…..

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The life of Bernard Charles Ecclestone is fascinating, but this book does it little justice. It’s a rambling tale, apparently read by an early AI bot, with the oddest inclinations. It’s a very difficult listen, and will drive you mad. Finished in the end, but dam it was though going. Save your cash 🤨

Great story shocking performance

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An interesting story but the narration was appalling.

For some reason at the end of each chapter some music appeared over the narration so you miss the last few sentences

Interesting story but poor delivery

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I genuinely thought this was done by a low quality text to speech engine. The general lack of emotion in the narration borders on comical.

Ruined by narration

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Very interesting story about the enigma of Bernie, but terrible narration by this guy, makes it difficult to get used to.

Great story, terrible narration.

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Great story a little difficulty working your way around the figures. A great business man very ruthless. The narrator speaks a little slow sounds better if speeded up to 1.1

Great Story

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A potentially really interesting subject absolutely ruined by an awful narration. Sounds like a human voice but with computer-like delivery.

Awful

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I want to give this book back as wasted my credit. the narrator was so boring I could finish it

crap

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Within 10 minutes I couldn’t bear to listen further. The narration is robotic and, frankly, a disgrace. Avoid. I have no idea whether the book is any good - the audible version prevented me concluding chapter 1.

Abysmal

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