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James Leighton

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Cardiff, The United Kingdom

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Nonfiction, Thriller, Sports

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James Leighton is a British author from Cardiff. Having grown up on a healthy diet of football, Quentin Tarantino, Oasis, and The Beatles, James decided to pursue a career as a writer following qualifying as a lawyer in 2009. Since then James has had four books published, including Amazon bestseller 'Duncan Edwards - The Greatest'. At this moment in time James is focusing on writing non-fiction thrillers for Simon and Schuster, with his next book, 'Alligator Blood', telling the incredible true story of the rise and fall of Daniel Tzvetkoff, a millionaire tech whiz kid who was blamed for the complete collapse of online poker in the USA. ...more

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You can string a sentence together. You’re grammatically perfect. And you’ve read all of the required writing manuals. But there’s one crucial element missing before you can tap a single letter on your keyboard, an idea. And more often than…Read more ›

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Average rating: 4.08 · 362 ratings · 37 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Alligator Blood: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the High-rolling Whiz-kid who Controlled Online Poker's Billions 3.82 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duncan Edwards: The Greatest 4.44 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rocky: The Tears and Triumphs of David Rocastle 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fred Keenor: The Man Who Never Gave Up 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duncan Edwards il più grande (VITE INATTESE Vol. 21) (Italian Edition) by James Leighton (Goodreads Author), Wu Ming 4 (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alligator Blood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Cardiff City - The Autobiography of Phil 'Joe' Dwyer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fred Keenor - The Man Who Never Gave Up it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duncan Edwards: The Greatest by Leighton, James (2013) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duncan Edwards: The Greatest (MUFC) by James Leighton(2013-01-31) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Apr 26, 2013 11:56AM

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“Will we ever see his like again? It is doubtful. But at least for a brief moment in time we were lucky to have him as one of our own: an English lionheart who was the terror of the continent, who earned the love and respect of everyone who had the privilege to see him in action and above all was a thoroughly decent hero of whom we can be proud. Rest in peace 'Big Dunc'. Your feats will echo in eternity.”
― James Leighton, Duncan Edwards: The Greatest

tags: biography, busby-babes, duncan-edwards, football, manchester-united, sports

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“The Greatest” is a bite-your-tongue-book. Ultimately a tragic tale it is also immensely uplifting and easily the best footballer biography I have ever read.”
― Mike Parry

tags: biography, busby-babes, duncan-edwards, football, manchester-united, munich, sport

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