COMPLETE SURRENDER
A biography of Eric Liddell, Olympic gold medallist and missionary
By Julian Wilson. Authentic. 138 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978 1 860 248 412
In this Olympic year, what better book to read on your holiday than a biography of one of Britain’s most celebrated Christian Olympians?
Many people will know of Eric Liddell from the film Chariots of Fire, but this biography takes you beyond his success at the 1924 Paris Olympics (where he famously refused to run on a Sunday), to the mission field in China where he gave his life in complete surrender to God’s service. It is short, easy to read and full of anecdotes from those who knew Liddell personally — and it seems no one had a bad word to say about him.
