Reviews and comments on "John Shepherd - The Loyal Cavalier" by Paddy Briggs:

  "A very good biography".

VIC MARKS : CHAIRMAN OF THE PANEL OF JUDGES MCC/THE CRICKET SOCIETY CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2010

"an impeccably researched work full of empathy, and intelligence. And it is very nicely produced".

ANDRE ODENDAAL:   CEO,  WESTERN PROVINCE CRICKET ASSOCIATION Cape Town, South Africa

  "I finished it in a sitting. A terrific read. Congratulations".

FRANK KEATING:  DOYEN OF BRITISH SPORTS WRITERS

 "...congratulations on such a fine first effort. The early years, which always seem to be the most interesting part of a subject's life, seem particularly well researched. I will see to it that the book is reviewed in the next edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.".

SCYLD BERRY:  EDITOR WISDEN CRICKETERS' ALMANACK

  " I enjoyed [your book] it a lot. It has a good pace, told me much that I did not know and left me feeling very warmly to JS himself. The ending was especially well written. I thought your treatment of the South African issue was well handled, too. I got a lot from that chapter."

STEPHEN CHALKE, CRICKET WRITER AND PUBLISHER

"...Shepherd's tours to Southern Africa in the apartheid era...provide the author with his greatest challenge. That he can tell the story without compromise - and without losing Shepherd's willing cooperation - is a tribute to Briggs' skill and integrity. ... This is an exceptionally well-written book...".

DOUGLAS MILLER: "The Cricket Society News Bulletin" November 2009

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"...an absolute positive pleasure. It captured the attention, right from the proverbial first ball...Briggs has brilliantly handled all the strands linking [the visits to Southern Africa] and is to be congratulated for covering and summarizing such a complex subject... In short a great book and a wonderful addition to the ACS series Lives in Cricket"

DAVID KELLY: "The Cricket Statistician " Winter 2009