A fascinating behind-the-scenes insight into the transformation Stuart Lancaster has effected

Excellent

A rare beast in the canon of sports writing. An intelligent, accessible, highly readable analysis of what makes a great rugby team. Don't approach the Rugby World Cup without it

A fascinating insight into a man, his methods and his mission

A penetrating insight into the business of leadership, team identity and elite performance

A tremendous insight into Stuart Lancaster the man and the coach, full of rich detail

A fascinating insight into the mind and methods of Stuart Lancaster. It certainly struck a chord with me as to some extent we come from similar backgrounds and share the same coaching philosophy

Think you know all about England under Stuart Lancaster? Think again. Even his players will find The House of Lancaster an illuminating, thought-provoking read

A story of reconstruction told with the eye for detail of a craftsman; a race against time told with pace and dash

Covering the England rugby beat day in day out for the Mirror I thought I knew Stuart Lancaster. Then I read this book and realised I was wrong. A fascinating insight and a damn good read

a lively read

Terrific

This book is a wonderful tribute to one of the greatest sporting teams that ever existed.

This is the definitive written history and celebration of one of sport’s most socially influential and thrilling episodes

Evokes times when West Indian cricketers were…dominant

Excellent

One of the areas in which Lister really does a fantastic job is balance of opinion. The author has his own views, some more common sense than others, but he gives column inches to all sides of a story and allows everyone a chance to state their case… here's an excellent balance between sport and life. It gives great insight into some fascinating individuals and doesn't shirk the big issues. It's comprehensive, an easy read and never overstays its welcome… This book is a must read for the cricket fan out there, full of interesting stories, tales from the tour and a really close look at one of the best sporting outfits of all-time.

Cowen is without doubt one of our best current writers on landscape, on a par with Roger Deakin, Richard Mabey and Robert MacFarlane

Wonderful … An eerie haunting book … rendered with hair-raising, almost hallucinogenic, lyricism. Cowen moves on through the seasons of the year and the creatures of the edge land, feeling, more than observing, how the improving circumstances of animal life mirror his own climb out of darkness.

Blending natural history with a novelistic approach, Cowen revives his connection to the evocative, mysterious power of the natural world.

A luminous nature book

Very beautiful indeed... [Cowen] has all the alliterative grace and fresh metaphors of a poet

[A] poetic memoir... This apparently scrappy and overlooked piece of wasteland - a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river - proves to be, under [Cowen's] forensic and magnifying gaze, brimming with riches.

He is engrossed by his landscape, enthralled by the minutiae and evokes the same fascination in the reader