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
| ISBN: | 9781784708405 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2020 |
| Author: | Richard Askwith |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: sport Gender studies: women and girls Second World War Horse racing |