Thierry Henry -- gifted charismatic & a genuinely world class footballer -- has always been a prolific goalscorer of natural apparently effortless brilliance. Impossibly good on his day he has passed into Arsenal legend as the hero of a team that finally ended Manchester United's domination winning two league titles & three FA cups. He was also instrumental in France's World Cup & European Cup glories in 1998 & 2000 (becoming France's record goalscorer) & continued his incredibly successful career at Barcelona by winning the treble in his second season. But as he approached the autumn of his career Thierry's crown began to slip -- from the infamous ' Hand of Gaul' incident to a dismal World Cup 2010 campaign. Suddenly for the first time a player who Arsene Wenger once dubbed 'the greatest striker ever' was not universally loved & admired. A man who had spent his career at the very top of the game raised above his peers on a torrent of extraordinary statistics & trophies began to learn how lonely such a position could be. So who is the real Thierry Henry? Drawing from numerous interviews & impeccable sources as well as his own observations over the course of Henry's entire career award-winning author Philippe Auclair has produced the most complete portrait of the Arsenal hero ever to be written. Clear-eyed lyrical & passionately argued Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top is a biographical essay in the fullest sense of the word -- & as raw shocking & thought-provoking as it is celebratory of Henry's outstanding flair & talent.