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WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY 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...
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Unbreakable, Richard Askwith
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Unbreakable
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Askwith
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 1784708402
- ISBN13
- 9781784708405
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Nature, Animals, Sports, Sport & Outdoor, 20th century, Celebrities, Horses, Sports Biographies, Women's Biographies, Equestrianism, First Republic, 1918-1938, Horse Racing, Czech Nobility, Big Book Thursday, Czech Women, Great Pardubice, Countesses (Nobility), Lata Brandisová, Jockey, 1895-1981
- First published
- 2019
- Original title
- Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY 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...