" Racing, the most colourful of sports, holds many in thrall. Some
can't resist it because they love horses, others because they own
horses, ride or train horses, and of course a huge number enjoy the
betting. Racing embraces them all, and this bedside book of racing
stories, anecdotes, reminiscences, poems and observations is as
varied and rich as the racing scene itself.Many of the great names
of racing, past and present, are included, as well as others that
are less expected: Jeffrey Bernard, Jack Leach, Dick Francis,
Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Benjamin Disraeli, David Ashforth,
Anthony Trollope, Siegfried Sassoon, Rudyard Kipling, Philip
Larkin, Emile Zola, and more.The six sections in the book encompass
Horses, Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, the Players and the great Racing
Festivals. Stories that bring out the worst and the best in human
nature sit side by side. There are over fifty entries of enticing
and gripping reading.Julian Bedford, racing journalist, has delved
deep and searched wide to bring together a bedside book that must
be the perfect gift and bedside companion for every racing man and
woman."
General
Imprint: |
Merlin Unwin Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2004 |
First published: |
February 2004 |
Editors: |
Julian Bedford
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-873674-69-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-873674-69-4 |
Barcode: |
9781873674697 |
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