For Kicks - Couverture rigide

Francis, Dick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1851521895 ISBN 13 : 9781851521890

Editeur : Chancellor Press, 1992

Synopsis

Two of Dick Francis' best-known thrillers set in the world of horse-racing, in one volume. Francis was a professional jockey for many years, and now has a string of best-selling thrillers to his name.

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

Henry Grey takes a dirty, demanding job transporting racehorses by air. But when he discovers that he's actually transporting something altogether different, he has to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he has to land with his life intact.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chancellor Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1851521895
• ISBN 13: 9781851521890
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible