The Sport of Queens
Worth buying if: You want horse racing described by someone who competed in it.
Skip it if: You are looking for one of Dick Francis’s fictional racing mysteries.
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Summary
The Sport of Queens presents Dick Francis’s connection to horse racing from the vantage point of a former jockey. This 208-page Macmillan edition offers a compact look at the author behind the racing novels.
Why this book now
Read it for a direct view of the racing world that informs Dick Francis’s fiction.
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Good fit if you want...
- You want horse racing described by someone who competed in it.
- You enjoy author perspectives rooted in lived sporting experience.
- You are looking for one of Dick Francis’s fictional racing mysteries.
- You prefer broad sports history over a personal account.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780330339025
Worth buying if: You want horse racing described by someone who competed in it.
Skip it if: You are looking for one of Dick Francis’s fictional racing mysteries.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 208 pages, this is a relatively compact nonfiction read with a focused racing subject.
What stands out here
This 1995 Macmillan Pub Ltd record identifies a 208-page edition of Dick Francis’s racing account.
Best way to approach it
Approach it as a firsthand racing perspective, with attention to the experience behind Francis’s later fiction.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780330339025
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