About the Author

Sir Derek Birley's other books include his other classic cricket book, The Willow Wand, also published by Aurum, and the definitive 3-volume Sport and the Making of Britain. He died in 2002.

Reviews

'A masterpiece' - Ian Wooldridge, Daily Mail; 'A profoundly researched, easily and stylishly written book, put together with a view to a shelf-life of a good half-century, and as a work of reference a fair way beyond.'- Simon Barnes, The Times