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Unbreakable - The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race (Hardcover)
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Unbreakable - The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race (Hardcover)
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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its
knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding
father, the saintly Tomas Masaryk. Across the border, the Third
Reich is menacing - and plotting to invade. In the Czechoslovak
heartlands, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened
nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice
steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the
ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis, as usual,
have sent their paramilitary elite: SS officers schooled to be
Hitler's most ruthless enforcers. Their mission: to crush - yet
again - the "subhuman Slavs". The local cavalry officers have no
hope of stopping them. But there is one other contestant: a
silver-haired countess riding a little golden mare... The story of
Lata Brandisova is one of the strangest and most inspiring in all
sport. Born into privilege, she spent much of her life in poverty.
Modest and shy, she refused to accept the constraints society
placed on her because of her gender. Instead, with quiet courage,
she repeatedly achieved what others said was impossible. The
scandal of her first attempt to ride in Pardubice reverberated
across Europe. Ten years later, she became her nation's figurehead
in its darkest hour. Then came retribution... UNBREAKABLE is a tale
of courage, heartbreak and defiance, in an age of prejudice and
fear. In the background are forces - sexism, class hatred,
nationalism - whose shadows darken today's world too. In the
foreground are eccentric aristocrats, socialite spies, daredevil
jockeys - and a race so brutal that some consider merely taking
part in it a sign of insanity. At its heart is a unique hero, and a
unique love affair between a woman and a horse.
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