Doped by Jamie Reid

Doped by Jamie Reid

Doped is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Combining a potent mix of horseracing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the monarchy, it tells the true story of one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history. In March 1962 an audacious attempt to nobble one of the royal horses alerted police to a well organised band of racecourse criminals, backed by murderous London gangsters. The subsequent Flying Squad pursuit of the gang brought the quaintly deferential world of racing into sharp conflict with the harsher realities of the 'You've Never Had It So Good' era. This also coincided with the birth of the annual Dick Francis novel. The cast of characters is headed by William Roper, a debonair ex RAF Sergeant turned oddsmaker. His team included an ex jockey, numerous underpaid stable lads, an upper class gambling addict and a violent professional gangster who went on to face charges with the Kray twins in 1969. But the most fascinating member of Roper's firm was a beautiful and self-possessed young Swiss woman called Micheline Lugeon who became the bookmaker's lover and mistress. Short-listed for the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.

Jamie Reid is a journalist, writing a column for The Financial Times, and author and has written several books including A Licence to Print Money (1992) and Emperors of the Turf (1989).

SKU	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9781909471511
ISBN 10	1909471518
Titre	Doped
Auteur	Jamie Reid
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Année de publication	2014-04-25
Nombre de pages	320
Prix	Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013
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