{"product_id":"9781409089377","title":"The Grudge: Scotland vs. England, 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlised for the 2022 SBA Best Sports Book of the 21st Century prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gripping inside story of when an England-Scotland rugby match become more than a game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurrayfield, the Calcutta Cup, March 1990. England vs. Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Carling's England are the very embodiment of Margaret Thatcher's Britain - snarling, brutish and all-conquering. Scotland are the underdogs - second-class citizens from a land that's become the testing ground for the most unpopular tax in living memory: Thatcher's Poll Tax. In Edinburgh, nationalism is rising high - what happens in the stadium will resound far beyond the pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with unprecedented access to key players, coaches and supporters on both sides (Will Carling, Ian McGeechan, Brian Moore and the rest), Tom English has produced a gripping account of a titanic struggle that thrusts the reader right into the heart of the action. Game on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A priceless read' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely outstanding' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An epic tale'\u003ci\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping' \u003ci\u003eScottish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46447515894001,"sku":"9781409089377","price":14.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781409089377_p0.jpg?v=1765932847","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409089377","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}