Dick Francis: A Racing Life
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown, London, UK, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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xvi, 400pp, two sections of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; green endpapers. Lightly bumped spine ends. Pages tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. A warm, affectionate, yet sharp and perceptive biography of jockey and writer Dick Francis and his wife Mary , one of the great love stories of our time.
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- Title
- Dick Francis: A Racing Life
- Author
- Lord, Graham
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, London, UK
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0316648558
- ISBN 13
- 9780316648554
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography, Horses, Riding and Equestrianism
Graham Lord knew the Francises for nearly 30 years and in this revealing double biography he tells not only the riveting tale of Dick’s remarkable life – the horsey Welsh childhood, the triumphs as champion jump-jockey, the 1956 Grand National tragedy when he so nearly won the race on the Queen Mother’s horse Devon Loch – but also the intriguing secret story of Dick’s astonishing wife. Mary and Dick fell in love at first sight, at a cousin’s wedding, and for more than 50 years were inseparable, creating not only a triumphant working partnership but also an idyllically close marriage, with two sons, that was the envy of all who knew them.
Graham Lord’s warm, affectionate, yet sharp and perceptive biography of Dick and Mary Francis is romantic, inspiring and deeply moving – and one of the great love stories of our time.
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