Unbreakable The Countess, the Nazis and the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race

Richard Askwith

Winner of the Telegraph Sports Biography of the Year 2020

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

About the Publisher

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Book information

ISBN:	9781784708405
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Pub date:	05 Mar 2020
Edition:	Winner of the Telegraph Sports Biography of the Year 2020
DEWEY:	798.40092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	432
Weight:	316g
Height:	196mm
Width:	125mm
Spine width:	28mm