{"product_id":"stiff-upper-lips-baggy-simon-briggs-9781780879956","title":"Stiff Upper Lips \u0026 Baggy Green Caps","description":"Peppered with bouncers, expletives, and even the odd diplomatic incident, this is a rip-roaring journey through over a century of Ashes history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a list of every Ashes century and five-wicket haul, try Wisden, but if you want to know which England batsman was a martyr to syphilis and which Australian fast bowler reckoned the Queen had 'nice legs for an old Sheila', then read on... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps exposes the seamy side of Ashes cricket. It gives the inside story behind controversies from the Bodyline series of 1932-33 and the Lillee and Thomson blitzkrieg of 1974-75, right up to the unseemly modern spats that ensure that this biannual frenzy of backbiting, finger-pointing and dubious facial hair remains one of the great events of the sporting calendar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Briggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780879954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780879956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Simon Briggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49000466350335,"sku":"9781780879956","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stiff-upper-lips-baggy-simon-briggs-9781780879956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}