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In the bestselling tradition of Seabiscuit, the extraordinary true story of the world's most famous racehorse, and the rogue who owned him.
Nicholas Clee is a journalist, cookery writer, and racing enthusiast. He lives in north London with his wife (also an author) and two daughters.
A ripping yarn expertly told: part Flashman at the Races; part
Seabiscuit without the schmaltz
*Observer*
Clee combines the story of Eclipse's racing and breeding career
with the lives of those who bred and owned him, a crowd who were
racy in every conceivable sense
*Daily Telegraph*
Clee knows how to tell a gripping story: he weaves the halves
together into a well-written narrative of social change...
fascinating
*Independent*
This splendid book... This is a read bursting with life, and Clee
has the balance and worldliness to weigh all his material with
sense and perspective. No racing home should be without it
*The Times*
It brings to life a horse that has left behind a matchless legacy.
For the casual reader, it is an enjoyable romp through a period
knee-deep in fops, fools and fraudsters
*Independent on Sunday*
A ripping yarn expertly told: part Flashman at the Races;
part Seabiscuit without the schmaltz * Observer *
Clee combines the story of Eclipse's racing and breeding career
with the lives of those who bred and owned him, a crowd who were
racy in every conceivable sense * Daily Telegraph *
Clee knows how to tell a gripping story: he weaves the halves
together into a well-written narrative of social change...
fascinating * Independent *
This splendid book... This is a read bursting with life, and Clee
has the balance and worldliness to weigh all his material with
sense and perspective. No racing home should be without it * The
Times *
It brings to life a horse that has left behind a matchless legacy.
For the casual reader, it is an enjoyable romp through a period
knee-deep in fops, fools and fraudsters * Independent on Sunday *
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