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Unbreakable
  • Published: 7 March 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473555525
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
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Unbreakable

The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race

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7 Mar 2019
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5 Mar 2020
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A story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of The Leopard.

Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa's The Leopard.

* WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR *

* 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
  • Published: 7 March 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473555525
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
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About the author

Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith has been a journalist for more than 35 years. He has written five previous books, including an evocative biography of Emil Zátopek, Today We Die A Little, which was shortlisted in the Cross Sports Book Awards. This marked his first foray into the world of Czechoslovak sport. His first book, Feet in the Clouds, won Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards and the Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition. It was also shortlisted for the William Hill and Boardman Tasker prizes. His 2014 book, Running Free, was shortlisted for the Thwaites-Wainwright Prize.
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Praise for Unbreakable

A fabulously written book about a remarkable lady. A must-read for National Hunt enthusiasts

James Fry, International Racing Bureau

A truly great story

Peter Sharkey, The Post

Astonishing, inspiring, sad… I found it utterly compelling

Rose Paterson, Chairwoman, Aintree Racecource

Fascinating

Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail

The Czech nation will surely feel that he has done [Lata Brandisova] justice.

Robin Oakley, Literary Review