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The Lions
The Complete History of the British & Irish Rugby Union Team 1888-2005
David Walmsley
The story of the British and Irish Lions is an epic tale: this complete history of the touring team has been produced on an equally massive scale. The 30 tours since 1888 is told in more than 120,000 words, through the memories, diaries and letters of more than 50 Lions and their opponents, and through piecing together the evidence assembled from two years of research in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
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