Self-described as a 'spotty chubby ginger teenager' with a love for Damien Rice & Nizlopi Ed Sheeran was never an obvious bet to become a global superstar & yet that's exactly what he's achieved winning plenty of awards (and hearts) along the way But how did a young musician go from selling CDs from his rucksack to becoming the millennial record-breaking international stadium act? Tracing his story from his bohemian childhood in Yorkshire & Suffolk to the release of his third album Divide music journalist David Nolan chronicles Sheeran's musical life & times Featuring exclusive interviews with friends relatives musical collaborators & key figures in his rise to stardom Divide & Conquer tells the story of how Ed Sheeran went from school drop-out to one of the world's most successful musicians