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Zusatztext Many books have been written about famous horses but none like this; a well-informed, enthusiastic, engagingly written and unusually wide-ranging work. It was written to celebrate horses famous for whatever reason and it succeeds wonderfully well Informationen zum Autor Sean Magee is one of the UK's most prominent and respected writers on horse-racing matters and the author of numerous books on the subject including Channel Four Racing: The Complete A-Z of Horse Racing. He is also the editor of Ascot: The History. Currently editorial director of Politico's, Sean Magee lives in rural Oxfordshire with his family. Klappentext LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS HORSES ... ANMER brought down by Emily Davison in 'The Suffragette Derby' BOXER ill-fated carthorse in Orwell's Animal Farm CLEVER HANS horse who could read and count COPENHAGEN carried the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo COLONIST II Winston Churchill's favourite racehorse HERCULES Steptoe and Sons' horse SLEIPNIR eight-legged horse in Norse mythology TRIGGER who pulled the fastest milk cart in in the West W&N £16.99 9780304365395 An A-Z guide to famous horses in fact and fiction. Zusammenfassung An A-Z guide to famous horses in fact and fiction.
