{"product_id":"9780751565164","title":"Unguarded : My Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Trott, Jonathan \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/05\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780751565164,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 Cross Sports Autobiography of the Year 'Full of illuminating anecdotes, piercing insights and unsparing self-analysis from the former England batsman' The Cricketer Jonathan Trott was England's rock during one of the most successful periods in the team's history - he scored a century on debut to clinch the Ashes in 2009, and cemented his position as their pivotal batsman up to and beyond the team's ascendancy to the number 1 ranked test team in 2011. Yet shortly after reaching those heights, he started to crumble, and famously left the 2012-13 Ashes tour of Australia suffering from a stress related illness. His story is the story of Team England - it encompasses the life-cycle of a team that started out united by ambition, went on to achieve some of the greatest days in the team's history but then, bodies and minds broken, fell apart amid acrimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving seen all of this from the inside, Jonathan's autobiography takes readers to the heart of the England dressing room, and to the heart of what it is to be a professional sportsman. Not only does it provide a unique perspective on a remarkably successful period in English cricket and its subsequent reversal, it also offers a fascinating insight into the rewards and risks faced as a sportsman carrying the hope and expectation of a team and a nation. And it's a salutary tale of the dangers pressure can bring in any walk of life, and the perils of piling unrealistic expecations on yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57697571799413,"sku":"9780751565164","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780751565164.jpg?v=1793100340","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780751565164","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}