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Riders: The sensational classic from the Sunday Times bestseller
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Riders: The sensational classic from the Sunday Times bestseller
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jilly Cooper
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:928 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780552172424
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Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Imprint |
Corgi Books
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Publication Date |
4 June 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable - a classic' Marian Keyes The first of the glorious Rutshire Chronicles - reissued in a fabulous new package for its thirtieth anniversary 'Fun, sexy and unputdownable - a classic' Marian Keyes 'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding 'Joyful and mischievous' Jojo Moyes Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside, Riders offers an intoxicating blend of swooning romance, adventure and hilarious high jinks. Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other's horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics . . . A classic bestseller, Riders takes the lid off international show jumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals. 'Sex and horses- who could ask for more?' Sunday Telegraph Readers can't resist Riders ***** 'wildly entertaining' ***** 'pure racy escapism' ***** 'Rupert really is as fabulous as people say!'
Author Biography
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling novels, she lives in Gloucestershire with her rescue racing greyhound, Bluebell. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was appointed CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
ReviewsSex and horses: who could ask for more? * Sunday Telegraph * 'Fun, sexy and unputdownable - a classic' * Marian Keyes * Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won't admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . . * Jojo Moyes * Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is. A heroine, an influence and a legend to half my generation of female authors (the fun half) * Jenny Colgan * Jilly Cooper's writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute, flawlessly entertaining and a celebration of all that is the most fun about being British * Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES DIARY * Exhilarating, irresistible and one of our nation's most beloved novels. If you're about to read Riders for the first time, you're in for a joyous experience! * Jill Mansell * It's all here: swooning romance, skulduggery in the stables and, yes, bonking; all set in the Cotswold countryside. Tally ho! * Elle * Blockbusting fiction at its best * Mail on Sunday * I defy anyone not to enjoy her book. It is a delight from start to finish -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail * Has any book of the past 70 years given as much pleasure as Cooper's rumpy-pumpy, show-jumping classis? * The Times *
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