Lost in France

In 1914 one of Britain's most famous sportsmen went off to play his part in the First World War. Like millions of others, he would die. Unlike millions of others, nobody knew how or where. Until now. Lost in France is the true story of Welsh international goalkeeper Leigh Roose: playboy, soldier, scholar, maverick and football's first genuine superstar, a man so good at his position on the held of play that the game's lawmakers changed the rules just to keep him in cheek. Small wonder that when the Daily Mail put together a World XI to take on another planet. Leigh's was the first name on its team sheet. It is also the tale of how one man became caught up in a global catastrophe - one that would cost him his life, his identity and his rightful place as one of football's all-time greats. Book jacket.