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 horse racing, 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 selfpossessed young Swiss woman called Micheline Lugeon who became the bookmaker's lover.
Jamie Reid has written several books including A Licence to Print Money (Macmillan 1992) and Emperors ofthe Turf (Macmillan 1989). He writes for a number of national newspapers, including the How To Spend It columns in the Financial Times magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909471047 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909471046 |
| Title | Doped |
| Author | Jamie Reid |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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