The Danger New Edition - Couverture souple

Francis, Dick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582418097 ISBN 13 : 9780582418097

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 1999

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Dick Francis (pictured with his son Felix Francis) was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.

He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestsellers Even Money and Silks.

A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest thriller writers of all time.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In Italy Alessia Cenci, a famous jockey, is kidnapped. Next, a small a boy is kidnapped in England. Then a man is kidnapped in the USA.
All three crimes are connected with horse racing. Is the same man behind all of them?

Dick Francis is the author of a number of thrillers all centring around the world of horse racing.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0582418097
• ISBN 13: 9780582418097
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64