TY  - BOOK
AU  - Askwith,Richard
TI  - Unbreakable: the woman who defied the Nazis in the world's most dangerous horse race 
SN  - 9781787290242 (hbk.) :
AV  - SF336 
U1  - 920 BRA 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Yellow Jersey Press
KW  - Brandisova, Lata.
KW  - Women jockeys
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jockeys
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
N1  - Illustrations and text on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Lata Brandisova was a truly inspiring woman: a shy countess who achieved the seemingly impossible. Not only was she the first woman to win the toughest horse race in the world, she was also the first woman to even take part. She had to fight a ferocious battle against prejudice simply to get to the starting line. She then showed repeatedly that she was tougher and better than the best male jockeys of her day. She won her greatest victory at the age of 42, in circumstances of extraordinary historical drama, on the eve of the Second World War, in a desperate showdown with Nazi Germany. Some believe that, by defeating the feared horsemen of Himmler's SS cavalry, she provoked Hitler into war. And that, remarkably, is only part of the story
ER  -