{"product_id":"w-g-grace-a-life-9780571178551","title":"W. G. Grace: a life","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnjoying a celebrity shared by perhaps only Gladstone and Queen Victoria of his contemporaries  W.G. Grace was the worlds first sporting superstar. Researched in archives from Grimsby to Australia  and drawing on diaries  letters  and access to the cricketers own library  this biography offers a radical analysis of Graces career. It also reviews the more controversial aspects of his conduct  including verbal and physical altercations both on and off the field  and his kidnapping of an Australian cricketer from Lords. Discussion of his private life encompasses his childhood  his marriage  his children  his grief at the death of a daughter and later his eldest son  and his career as a doctor. The book includes an extensive statistical survey by Bill Frindall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931712258101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0571178553","price":36.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780571178551.jpg?v=1794216937","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/w-g-grace-a-life-9780571178551","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}