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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The courageous and heartbreaking story of a Czech countess who defied the Nazis in a legendary horse race. Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europes youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nations founding father, the saintly Tomâa Masaryk. Across the border, the Third Reich is menacing and plotting to invade. In the countryside, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nations most prestigious sporting contest:...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Based on extensive research in the Czech Republic, interviews with people across the world who knew him, and unprecedented cooperation from his widow ... journalist Richard Askwith's book breathes new life into the man and the myth, uncovering a glorious age of athletics and an epoch-defining time in world history."--Dust jacket.
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