The Book of Fame

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  • In
  • August
  • 1905
  • a
  • party
  • of
  • young
  • men
  • set
  • sail
  • for
  • England.
  • Amongst
  • them
  • were
  • ordinary
  • farmers
  • and
  • bootmakers,
  • a
  • miner
  • and
  • a
  • bank
  • clerk.
  • Together
  • they
  • made
  • up
  • the
  • All
  • Blacks,
  • an
  • unknown
  • rugby
  • team
  • from
  • Auckland,
  • New
  • Zealand.
  • And
  • they
  • had
  • come
  • to
  • show
  • the
  • world
  • what
  • they
  • could
  • do.
  • What
  • they
  • didn't
  • know
  • was
  • that
  • they
  • were
  • bound
  • for
  • fame.The
  • first
  • game
  • was
  • in
  • Devon,
  • 'played
  • in
  • golden
  • farm
  • light,
  • a
  • surprising
  • victory'.
  • By
  • December
  • they
  • had
  • become
  • the
  • 'wonderful
  • All
  • Blacks'
  • who
  • had
  • beaten
  • Yorkshire
  • 40-0,
  • England
  • 15-0
  • and
  • Ireland
  • 15-0.
  • People
  • stopped
  • them
  • in
  • the
  • streets.
  • In
  • this
  • melding
  • of
  • true
  • history
  • and
  • imagination,
  • Lloyd
  • Jones
  • has
  • recreated
  • an
  • unforgettable
  • journey
  • from
  • innocence
  • to celebrity.
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