Tom English: 5 books
No Borders
Playing Rugby for Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Fully updated to include Ireland’s historic victory over the All Blacks and their 2018 Six Nations Grand Slam.From Jack Kyle's immortals to Brian O'Driscoll's golden generation, this is the story of Irish rugby told in the players' words.Celebrated rugby writer Tom English embarks on a pilgrimage...
The Grudge
Scotland vs. England, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Murrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Will Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britain - snarling, brutish and all-conquering. Scotland are the...
Behind The Lions
Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
For 125 years the British & Irish Lions have stood out as a unique emblem in world sport. They represent the best of the best from the four Home Nations, coming together every four years under a united badge to take on the rugby greats of the Southern Hemisphere. Lions tours embody a revered legacy...
When Lions Roared
The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
By 1971 no Lions team had ever defeated the All Blacks in a Test series. Since 1904, six Lions sides had travelled to New Zealand and all had returned home bruised, battered and beaten. But the 1971 tour party was different. It was full of young, ambitious and outrageously talented players who would...
Critical Rhythm
The Poetics of a Literary Life Form
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Will be of interest to those following the recent turn to a politically, socially, and historically inflected approach to literary form, as well as to those in a range of fields thinking about affect, sound studies, and aesthetics.