With a foreword by Will Carling, the most famous living Harlequin and former captain of England, this book is a comprehensive season by season account of a club side that is internationally renowned. Even if you don’t know the Harlequins at the start, you will by the end. It is an absolute must read for fans not only of the Quins, but of rugby in general.
I tried to auction a rugby ball given to me at start of BT reign signed by Will Carling and no one interested in him or knew who he was! That was at a prep school in Surrey fete!
I ( and increasingly more like me ) dont buy from amazon ... esp. when book shops in london for example will be seeing up to 90% rates increases .....and online amazon pay zero ..... just saying
will seek it out elsewhere however
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adst I ( and increasingly more like me ) dont buy from amazon ... esp. when book shops in london for example will be seeing up to 90% rates increases .....and online amazon pay zero ..... just saying
will seek it out elsewhere however
Amazon don't pay rates on their warehouses? Fancy.
Of all the reasons to dislike amazon, that's the strangest I've heard.
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RieQ - my copy arrived on Thursday. Really looking forward to reading it. Will wait until October half-term when I have the time to give it the consistent attention it deserves. As someone who's written a rugby book myself I can appreciate the amount of work that must have gone into it. Seriously well done.
South Stand Quin RieQ - my copy arrived on Thursday. Really looking forward to reading it. Will wait until October half-term when I have the time to give it the consistent attention it deserves. As someone who's written a rugby book myself I can appreciate the amount of work that must have gone into it. Seriously well done.
Thanks SSQ, your comments are very much appreciated
RleQ
adst I ( and increasingly more like me ) dont buy from amazon ... esp. when book shops in london for example will be seeing up to 90% rates increases .....and online amazon pay zero ..... just saying
will seek it out elsewhere however
Amazon don't pay rates on their warehouses? Fancy.
Of all the reasons to dislike amazon, that's the strangest I've heard.
read and understand ... [url=http://[www.theguardian.com]]Business rates and online Am,azon[/url]
adst - the difficulties of setting up accounts with bookshops precluded me from doing it as I am essentially working on my own. I will be trying to get the book into some local shops around the Twickenham area.
RleQ
Adst couldn't agree more try not to use Amazon ever support the Book People site. Good value and all local book shops. Amazon don't pay corporation tax here and pay peanuts to staff.
I understand fully all the problems Nick is going through with getting Distribution .. will definitely buy locally when he is set up ..no problem, just a principle of mine regarding Amazon (being an old git ) - supporter since 1960 when we played across the road on the twickers tin shack and on the old local council ground that.. became Stoop ...if that helps explain my stance ..so anticipating a good read about Quins - and my life ...
RleQuin adst - the difficulties of setting up accounts with bookshops precluded me from doing it as I am essentially working on my own. I will be trying to get the book into some local shops around the Twickenham area.
RleQ
There were a number in Richmond town centre that were happy to take my own self published rugby book (as Quins shop). Waterstones were really good at considering self published work as long as it has an ISBN number (both Twickenham and Richmond branches) - also worth trying the independent bookshop by Kew Gardens station.
RleQuin adst - the difficulties of setting up accounts with bookshops precluded me from doing it as I am essentially working on my own. I will be trying to get the book into some local shops around the Twickenham area.
RleQ
There were a number in Richmond town centre that were happy to take my own self published rugby book (as Quins shop). Waterstones were really good at considering self published work as long as it has an ISBN number (both Twickenham and Richmond branches) - also worth trying the independent bookshop by Kew Gardens station.
Amazon We're writing to let you know that the following items have been delayed:
Cross, Mr Nick "Harlequins: The First 150 Years"
Estimated arrival date: October 08 2016 - October 09 2016
We're sorry for this delay in getting these items to you.
Well done Nick ..the book is an Epic! ... quite unbelievable the length you have gone to in research is mind blowing!
Well done ...I'm tempted to complain that having spent one life following Quins .. I may spend another reading about it!
Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy so far. I hope you are enjoying it. As Christmas approaches, I'm sure it will make an ideal stocking filler!!
RleQ
Just started reading my copy received a s a birthday present. Not the sort of thing to sit and read from start to finish so I chose the BGate chapter as a start, a bit painful but very informative with all of the facts set down in one place. Thanks RleQuin.
ChipsteadQuin RleQuin 150th Anniversary Quiz night ? , a spike in sales and plenty of new mates to be in your team .. win win
I had a copy bought for Xmas and enjoying go through it .. cheers
Cheers CQ, glad you are enjoying it.
I'm sure one could be arranged if there is enough interest.
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