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Mike Hawthorn One Glorious Hour - A True Story - July 1958 - January 1959 (Paperback)
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Mike Hawthorn One Glorious Hour - A True Story - July 1958 - January 1959 (Paperback)
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List price R391
Loot Price R319
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You Save R72 (18%)
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This is a compelling and moving sports drama, played out in the
bloody arena of highly dangerous Grand Prix motor racing of the
fifties. It is a real-life story that matches the excitement and
suspense of the very best fiction. It is definitely a must-read for
all motor racing fans. This story is arguably the most compelling
and moving sports drama of all time. It matters because it is a
testament to the eternal values of friendship, honesty of purpose
and self sacrifice. It is played out in the bloody arena of highly
dangerous Grand Prix motor racing of the fifties, an age in which
the drivers were still amateurs and the sport controllers and team
owners as yet untainted by the corruption of big money. It is as
inspiring as it is tragic. In 1976 I was commissioned by BBC TV to
write a film about Mike Hawthorn, the first British world motor
racing champion. It was never made. The reason? The facts of his
life and death were then unclear. Had I known what they were it
would have catapulted the drama into the bracket of classical
tragedy. Despite research I found myself faced with a well kept
secret. During the following thirty five years I kept returning to
it, but still failed to penetrate that mystery. Until now. This
true story is driven by suspense as the hero is faced with a
dreadful dilemma. Rarely does a real life story, as that of Mike
Hawthorn, match the best of fiction. ONE GLORIOUS HOUR does just
that. Set in 1958 he is one of the four man Ferrari motor racing
team in Grand Prix. And he is favourite to become Britain's first
world motor racing champion. And he is dying.
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