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 1937Vast 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
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
448 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Vintage Publishing |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2020-03-05 |
| ISBN |
9781784708405 |
