Unbreakable : the countess, the Nazis and the world's most dangerous horse race
Askwith, Richard2020
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Lata Brandisová was a truly inspiring woman: a shy countess who achieved the seemingly impossible. Not only was she the first woman to win the toughest horse race in the world, she was also the first woman to even take part. She had to fight a ferocious battle against prejudice simply to get to the starting line. She then showed repeatedly that she was tougher and better than the best male jockeys of her day. She won her greatest victory at the age of 42, in circumstances of extraordinary historical drama, on the eve of the Second World War, in a desperate showdown with Nazi Germany. Some believe that, by defeating the feared horsemen of Himmler's SS cavalry, she provoked Hitler into war. And that, remarkably, is only part of the story.
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Author:
Askwith, Richard, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2020.
Collation:
426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Yellow Jersey Press, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784708405 (pbk)
Dewey class:
798.40092BBRA
Language:
English
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BRN:
483014