FraNCIS, Dick - Complete Collection (epub)

This upload contains Dick Francis' (1920-2010) collected books in EPUB format, including Lester, a biography of jockey Lester Piggott, and Sport of Queens, his autobiography. This does not contain any of the books authored by his son, Felix Francis.



Like many writers, Francis wrote about what he knew. He became a jockey after World War II and won some 350 races. From 1953-1957, he was jockey to the Queen Mother. "Like most jump jockeys, Francis had his share of injuries. Unlike most, he was hospitalized at the age of 12 when a pony fell on him and broke his jaw and nose. A career featuring broken bones and damaged organs found its way into many novels, whose narrators suffer a variety of damaged bodies. In 1957, after one too many serious falls, the Queen Mother's adviser, Lord Abergavenny, advised him that she wanted him to retire from racing for her" (Wikipedia).



Titles: (*=non-fiction)

10 lb Penalty

Banker

Blood Sport

Bolt

Bonecrack

Break In

Come To Grief

Comeback

Crossfire

Dead Cert

Dead Heat

Decider

Driving Force

Enquiry

Even Money

Field Of 13

Flying Finish

For Kicks

Forfeit

High Stakes

Hot Money

In The Frame

Knockdown

Lester: The Official Biography*

Longshot

Nerve

Odds Against

Proof

Rat Race

Reflex

Risk

Second Wind

Shattered

Silks

Slay Ride

Smokescreen

Sport of Queens*

Straight

The Danger

The Edge

To The Hilt

Trial Run

Twice Shy

Under Orders

Whip Hand

Wild Horses