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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 05/03/2020
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ISBN: 9781784708405
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Length: 432 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
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Weight: 354g
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RRP: £9.99
Unbreakable
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The Countess, the Nazis and the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race
Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of The Leopard.
* 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
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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 05/03/2020
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ISBN: 9781784708405
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Length: 432 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
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Weight: 354g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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"[An] astonishing story… beautifully pieced together by journalist Richard Askwith… Unbreakable is…much more than simply the story of a horse race. It is also a compelling insight into the fading days of the Habsburg empire and the rise of the women’s liberation movement between the two wars… exceptional…[and] heart-stopping reading which left me in tears"
Clover Stroud, Daily Telegraph
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"[An] extraordinary story… Askwith’s compelling book, as much about 20th-century history and women’s equality as it is about racing, is a fitting tribute to a truly remarkable and courageous woman"
Camilla Swift, Mail on Sunday
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"Askwith… writes beautifully… One of the most remarkable racing stories I have ever had the pleasure of reading"
Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder
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"[This] thoroughly researched, deeply moving account does justice to a remarkable life"
John Cobb, Racing Post
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"An inspiring tale of an indomitable spirit"
Sunday Times (Best Books of 2019)
