Heart and Soul: The Character of Welsh Rugby - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708314724 ISBN 13: 9780708314722

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 1998

Synopsis

In Heart and Soul: the Character of Welsh Rugby, a fine team of authors trace the changing nature and fortunes of Welsh rugby since the 1950s through the careers of some of its major players. This is not meant to be a definitive selection of all-time greats; other writers might have chosen different players. Rather, the authors come together almost like a group of friends discussing players after a game.

About this title

About the Author

Huw Richards is the rugby correspondent of the Financial Times. Peter Stead is a writer, broadcaster, and professor at the University of South Wales. Gareth Williams is a professor at the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Wales at the University of South Wales.

Review

“A litany of rugby saints which, collected together, twine into an illuminating and resonant social history of Welsh rugby. A grand book.” –Frank Keating

(Frank Keating)

“ . . . another of those under-the-skin rugby books that are currently all the rage. That’s something to rejoice in, for they make cracking good reads . . . an absorbing social history of Welsh rugby . . .” –Rugby World

(Rugby World)

“. . . this carefully wrought little collection is uplifting . . . It makes for a terrific read . . . The overall effect makes for a serious social history . . . It was, and remains, a special and particular culture. And this is a particularly special book which proclaims it.” –Guardian

(Guardian)

“Heart and Soul works well because it never dwells too long on any particular figure - most chapters are typically 13 pages long - and the whole concept is excellently geared towards a pick up and put down read. All in all, Heart and Soul is an excellent read, with plenty to enjoy without getting bogged down in laborious detail and gushing sentiment.” –Pontypridd Observer

(Pontypridd Observer)

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708314724
• ISBN 13: 9780708314722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Richards Huw, Stead Peter, Williams Gareth D.