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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding father, the saintly Tomáš Masaryk. Across the border, the Third Reich is menacing – and plotting to invade. In the Czechoslovak heartlands, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis, as usual, have sent their paramilitary elite: SS officers schooled to be Hitler's most ruthless enforcers. Their mission: to crush – yet again – the "subhuman Slavs". The local cavalry officers have no hope of stopping them.But there is one other contestant: a silver-haired countess riding a little golden mare...The story of Lata Brandisová is one of the strangest and most inspiring in all sport. Born into privilege, she spent much of her...

Author

Richard Askwith

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781473555525