Torvill & Dean: The Autobiography of Ice Dancing's Greatest Stars
by:
John Man (author)
Jayne Torvill (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781559723909 (1559723904)
Publish date: September 1st 1996
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
Pages no: 362
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this and appreciated the info it gave me on ice dancing's favourite team.
Torvill & Dean, ten years later, and though the first five chapters recap their amateur career, the really interesting part of this book is about their "grown-up" days - touring with their own tours, with Tarasova's Russian All-Stars, with Ice Capades. There is also the story of Dean's failed marri...
Most of this book appeared in hardback in 1983; the paperback appeared with extra material and the banner "Olympic Gold 1984" across the front. There's a certain amount of "he-said, she-said" in it, which is highly satisfying, and for a pair of retiring English people, they're remarkably frank, and ...