Martin Johnson AGONY AND ECSTASY First Edition Signed
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Martin Johnson AGONY AND ECSTASY First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of AGONY AND ECSTASY My Diary of an Amazing Rugby Season, by Martin Johnson and published by Big Four Media, Warwickshire, in 2001. Signed by Johnson on the title page.The book is in very good condition (clean black boards and gilt lettering on spine) with only minor shelf wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions.
Martin Osborne Johnson CBE represented and captained England and Leicester. He is mostly known for captaining England to victory in the World Cup in 2003. He became the new England team manager on 1 July 2008, replacing the previous manager Brian Ashton. He is regarded as one of the greatest locks to have ever played. He toured three times with the British and Irish Lions, becoming the only man to have captained them on two separate tours. He also led his club Leicester Tigers to back-to back Heineken Cup victories and won the league six times. Despite no coaching experience, he was appointed team manager of the national England Rugby Union side in April 2008, but left the post in November 2011.
"The 2001 British Lions tour to Australia was one of the most exciting and controversial in history.
On the pitch, the rugby was stunning, laceratingly quick and brutally physical. Off the pitch, a potent blend of controversy, intrigue and division kept the pot boiling.
At the centre of the whirlwind was the calm force of captain Martin Johnson, the only man ever to lead two British Lions tours.
AGONY & ECSTASY is his diary of the Australian trip - the inside story of a facinating six weeks which has already gone down in rugby folklore.
The injuries, the rows, the passion and the drama are all captured, together with Johnson's own views.
It is a must-buy book for all British Lions fans."
264 pages. Illustrated with colour photographs.
ISBN: 0 9541006 0 3
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