Description
| Product ID: | 9781784708405 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Unbreakable |
| Subtitle: | Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Askwith |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Second World War, Horse racing, Second World War, Horse racing, Former Czechoslovakia, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa''s The Leopard. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-05 |