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Peter Grimsdale

Racing in the Dark

When Britain Conquered Le Mans

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The inspirational story of the Bentley Boys, and the Le Mans 24-hour race of 1927 that sealed their astonishing place in history.Using the frame of that extraordinary race, in Racing in the Dark Peter Grimsdale paints a picture of a remarkable car at the historic moment when petrol overtook steam, and will explore the lives and motivations of a generation of dedicated men who were determined, above all, to blot out the enduring shadow of the First World War. Driver Sammy Davis had lost two brothers and his father in the trenches. Team owner Walter Bentley, a newlywed in the summer of 1914, had devoted himself to designing engines for Sopwith… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4711-9827-4
  • EAN: 9781471198274
  • Produktnummer: 34648629
  • Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


Peter Grimsdale is a bestselling novelist, TV producer and former commissioning editor whose credits stretch from Big Brother to Panorama, from The Adam & Joe Show to Finest Hour and Dispatches on Deepwater Horizon and Tony Blair's millions. His first motoring book was the critically acclaimed High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads. Old Number Seven is his second book with Simon & Schuster.

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