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It's in the Blood: My Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Lawrence Dallaglio
Publisher: Headline
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 7266
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.8 x 1.8
ISBN: 0755315731
EAN: 9780755315734
ASIN: 0755315731
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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 Disappointing March 2, 2008
S. Glossop (uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a bit amazed by some of the other reviews of this book. I am a big rugby fan and having been given this for Christmas 2007 was looking forward to insightful read of a insiders view of the 2003 rugby build up and how he really found it breaking into the senior game from the junior ranks. It reads like someone desperately trying to remember some of the past and also some of the really big games are brushed over in 1-2 pages if that. the News of the World incident receives many pages more other important events in his life, which quite frankly I would rather read about. All in all disappointing.
 Unfinished Business February 6, 2008
Milsonman (London England)
I think that Lawrence at 35 is perhaps too young to be writing My life and as an old fart myself that still applies.This is my first experience of reading a Sport autobiography so i can't compare as with some other reviewers. I do find the criticism of not opening up entirely to be valid-I am not sure that he is keener to redress imbalances than say it "entirely as it is" as he says. I read it in record time seeing the BIG PRINT as my friend. The potentially overwhelming issue around his sister's death is very well dealt with.It is the small incidents recalled that make that.
I came away from the book thinking that perhaps Lawrence felt that he still had unfinished business and was holding back for a later book?
Regardless of that a great fast read.
In The Blood January 20, 2008
Steel451 (SouthWest,England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This monologue of Dallaglio's career is enjoyable and gives you an insight into the world of professional rugby - from Dallaglio's perspective.
Sometimes moving and written in a conversational style (as if you were talking to the man in a bar), this is an easy book to pick up.
Recommended.
Interesting in places, but too often its very dull. January 16, 2008
Mr. D. Bell (Northampton, England)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
First of all I have huge admiration for Lawrence Dallaglio and truly believe he is one of the best players to have worn the England shirt. His achievements in club and international rugby cannot be matched by many other players. To that end, I was really looking forward to this book but I have to disagree with most of the reviews on here because I found it to be pretty dull.
For a man who has spent most of his adult life playing rugby there were too few off field stories which stuck in your mind. There was far too much emphasis on individual games on what happened on the pitch. A lot of the time it felt as though I was reading a match report which would have appeared in any newspaper around the time of each game.
The chapter on his sister's tragic death is moving and you get a real sense of the shock that was felt by his whole family.
Overall though, this book was very disappointing. I have read numerous sporting autobiographies and usually at the end you feel as if you know the person a bit better. Apart from the chapter about his sister's death and how he was set up by The Sun newspaper, there was not a lot that hadn't been reported elsewhere, just not in his own words. Sadly at the end I felt he had skimmed the surface and could have offered so much more. Even behind scenes at the 2007 world cup has been well documented and Dallaglio adds nothing new here.
Another problem with the book is that it is painfully obvious that it was not written by Dallaglio himself. Hearing him speak he is very intelligent and articulate but this rarely comes across on the page.
If you want a truly in depth and fascinating autobiography then buy Martin Johnson's instead.
 Read this book - then judge the man January 13, 2008
Mr. R. A. Colwell (Knebworth, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like an earlier gentleman, my wife bought me this for Xmas. I read this within 36 hours and for me, quite simply this is my book of the year. There has been some apparent bad blood between Lawrence and some of his other England colleagues - indeed I witnessed a surprisingly strong reaction from Phil Vickery at a "captains lunch" at Lords after the world cup. However I can only conclude that those players simply hadnt read the book - and were being misled by the somewhat misleading, sensationalist, serialisation on a national newspaper. Any criticisms of coaches or players is always tempered by respectful commentary and an appreciation that at all times everybody connected with the England setup simply wants their country to do well. You cannot read this book and not come away in total awe of this man, warts and all. His commitment to both club and country is unquestioned. The emotional side of both his sport and the elements of tragedy and sadness in his personal life is written incredibly powerfully. The News of the World's attempt to destroy this rugby giant never had a chance. Shame on them. There is passion and clarity in his writing - as there is every time he pulls on his WASPs or England jersey. If the WASPS and England setups are able to further harness this great man in coaching capacities, then both teams will be in amazing hands for years to come. I wish him and his family all the very best in everything they do in the future. Top top book.
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