Not much hasn’t been written about cricket legend W.G. Grace, in fact even if you’re not a fan of the sport, his bearded image is iconic and to many he’s a role model. But it’s not all cricket, and in Richard Tomlinson’s new biography, Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was WG, he sheds light on all aspects of his life.
The book uses an almost flashback style to delve into the life of Grace. Much will be common knowledge to the die-hard cricket historian, but the easy writing style and the addition of pictures through the book does make a good starting point for the casual reader.
It also offers an insight into the strict social etiquette of the Victorian era, which is when the more personal side of the man, and his drive to be the best at any cost, made him cricket’s first real superstar.
