The Test: My Autobiography
Autor Brian O'Driscollen Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2015
Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010Rugby Worldmagazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown.
Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland's victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship - he tells his own story. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, Brian O'Driscoll'sAutobiographyis not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.
'Honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read'Rugby World
'A thoroughly enjoyable read ... After readingThe TestI warmed even more to O'Driscoll as a player and a man. He stood for a new ethos in Irish sport that refused to accept mediocrity or glorious failure' Fergal Keane,Irish Times
'O'Driscoll's honesty ... takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before' Vincent Hogan,Irish Independent
'A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player'Irish Mail on Sunday
'There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level'Sunday Business Post
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241962688
ISBN-10: 0241962684
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241962684
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Born
in
Dublin
in
1979,
Brian
O'Driscoll
is
the
most
celebrated
rugby
player
of
our
time.
He
won
three
Heineken
Cups
with
Leinster,
two
Six
Nations
championships
with
Ireland,
and
toured
four
times
with
the
British
and
Irish
Lions,
including
as
captain
in
2005.
Recenzii
A
thoroughly
enjoyable
read
...
After
readingThe
TestI
warmed
even
more
to
O'Driscoll
as
a
player
and
a
man.
He
stood
for
a
new
ethos
in
Irish
sport
that
refused
to
accept
mediocrity
or
glorious
failure
O'Driscoll's honesty ... takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before
The Testallows the reader to get to know O'Driscoll the person, the husband, the father and the friend. It is honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read
A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player
There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level
O'Driscoll's honesty ... takes the reader to a place they simply have not been before
The Testallows the reader to get to know O'Driscoll the person, the husband, the father and the friend. It is honest, charming and revealing - a thoroughly good read
A must-read insight into the life and mind of Ireland's greatest rugby player
There are fascinating insights into the lengths he was willing to go to perform at the highest level