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Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps: A Sledger's History of the Ashes (Hardcover)

by Simon Briggs (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc; First Edition edition (19 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1905204833
ISBN-13: 978-1905204830
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm

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An entertaining, timely and irreverent trip through the history of the Ashes - Sunday Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best history of the Ashes I have read, 12 Nov 2006

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I really loved this book. It gives the whole history of the Ashes, but rather than concentrating on dull statistics it tells the human stories of the great conflicts and players from the whole of Ashes history. Far too many cricket books are worthy and dull, but this one really brought the passion of Ashes cricket to life. The perfect book to accompany this years Ashes. Highly recommened whether you have been into cricket for years, or if you only starting watching last summer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just sledging..., 29 Jan 2007

By	Paul Larivi�re (Mechelen - Belgium) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I thought that "Penguins Stopped Play" topped my personal list of most enjoyable and humorous cricket books, this one came along... While it took me a bit before I actually decided to start reading it, after getting through the first few pages it became hard to put it down. This is a remarkably funny book and written both very eloquently and colourful. The fact that the stories go a lot further than just a dull summing up of famous sledging phrases which most of us have heard (or used?) before, adds a very nice extra dimension. The lay-out is also quite original as well as many of the extremely well chosen pictures. In all a book which I can highly recommend to anybody in search of a damn good read, even if cricket is not his or her primary interest.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy Alternative History of The Ashes, 10 Jan 2007

By	DB "Itey" (Huddersfield, England.) - See all my reviews

As befits a journalist on a British quality newspaper, Briggs' narrative exudes authority. The book is presented in a manner that is a welcome antidote to the often overly dense nature of texts on cricket and although it is essentially structured chronologically, the use of pictures and different fonts help to make this a work that will appeal to all readers, not just for those who like to think of cricket as a branch of science in its own right.

Some of the anecdotes are extremely funny - in this dismal time for English cricket, at least Fred Trueman flies the flag for England by consistently proving himself the funniest man in the history of the Ashes - but occasionally Briggs lets his guard slip by lauding a particular comment disproportionately, such as the 'building an idiot' quip levelled by an Australian fan at Phil Tufnell. Certainly not the original jibe that Briggs suggests.

This may be pedantic, but as the England team found in the 2006/07, embrace complacency at your peril!

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