A Very Tall Story

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This is a moving and funny debut novel set in a quirky coastal community you will be desperate to visit after reading. Martin's book has some of that sort of thing but where he scores is that he had a job before he became a full time professional rugby player and has a greater perspective on the game than those who knew no other working life.

Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you.He played for England during one of the most successful eras in English rugby, winning two Grand Slams alongside legendary players such as Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Brian Moore and Rory Underwood . He played for England during one of the most successful eras in English rugby, winning two Grand Slams alongside legendary players such as Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Brian Moore and Rory Underwood. He has an interesting take on the cosmic change from amatuer days to the professional game and whilst being proud of his achievements on and off the field of play shares his disappointments and mistakes with us as well.

I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. She hasn't left the village since a traumatic stay in London as a young woman at the end of the 1980s. The book provides an emotional link between the generations, so that today’s fans can reconnect with rugby’s soul.Martin Bayfield has done a wonderful job of describing the transformation of rugby from the amateur through to the professional era, warts and all. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Good ‘rugby’ start, mixed with some personal insights, but started to dread it would be ‘then there was this other rugby match’.

Spanning a few generations of players this book has good anecdotes on several generations of players from amateur to professional. Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. The book provides an emotional link between the generations, so that today’s fans can reconnect with rugby's soul. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. The book provides an emotional link between the generations, so that today’s fans can reconnect with rugby's soul.He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner. His international heyday came at a seminal moment for rugby union when, almost overnight, it was transformed from a noble minority sport to a celebrity event, with stories appearing on the front pages of the British tabloids. Martin's has been a varied and often exciting life, not limited to the world of rugby, and his memoirs are all the better for it.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. This is a rugby autobiography that tells a full and often funny and sometimes painful and moving story of a giant. When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society. Standing at 6ft 10ins, the former England and British and Irish Lions second row remains one of the tallest players ever to have played international rugby, and his immense physical stature made him one of the most destructive forwards in the world game.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The usual format seems to be a macho picture on the cover and inside a discription of rugby matches from the past, pay back for, grudges, injuries, crude anecdotes, drunken adventures and lists of "lad's" practical jokes, hilarious no doubt for the particiants but tedious for the rest of us. I always approach ghost written sporting autobiographies more in hope than expectation but Martin Bayfield's book I found a lot better than than most other rugby stars stories. A great listen, been a fan of Martin for a long time and was really looking forward to listening to his book. About the Author: At 6'10", Martin Bayfield remains one of the tallest people ever to play rugby for England.