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Richard Askwith, Askwith Richard

Unbreakable - Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year

English · Paperback

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Informationen zum Autor Richard Askwith Klappentext Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa's The Leopard. * WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR ** LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR *Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the Grand Pardubice steeplechase, Europe's most blood-curdling sporting test of manhood. With war looming, the race has a brutal political significance. The Nazis have sent the SS's all-conquering paramilitary horsemen to crush - yet again - the 'subhuman Slavs'. But Lata Brandisova, a silver-haired countess on a little golden mare, has other ideas... 'Heart-stopping reading' Clover Stroud, Daily Telegraph Zusammenfassung Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa's The Leopard . * WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR * * LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR * Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the Grand Pardubice steeplechase, Europe's most blood-curdling sporting test of manhood. With war looming, the race has a brutal political significance. The Nazis have sent the SS's all-conquering paramilitary horsemen to crush - yet again - the 'subhuman Slavs'. But Lata Brandisova, a silver-haired countess on a little golden mare, has other ideas... 'Heart-stopping reading' Clover Stroud, Daily Telegraph

Product details

Authors	Richard Askwith, Askwith Richard
Publisher	Vintage UK

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback
Released	31.03.2020

EAN	9781784708405
ISBN	978-1-78470-840-5
No. of pages	432
Dimensions	129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
Subjects	Guides > Nature > Horses, riding Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Horse Racing, Second World War, c 1930 to c 1939, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), SPORTS & RECREATION / Animal Sports / Horse Racing, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia

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