Books list 15 from Weidenfeld Nicolson imprint

The Last Road Race

by Richard Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

The story of the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix - the last race of the heroic age of motor racing There has been much talk of how Grand Prix motor racing has become rather dull with big name, big brand winners ousting out all competition. But it wasn't always so. Once a romantic sport, motor sport...

Gold

My Autobiography

by Nick Skelton
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017

With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, Geneva, Paris and Spruce Meadows. Skelton has competed...

Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways

Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots

by Terry Deary
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014

The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . . Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabbled over who deserved the title of 'The Father of the Locomotive' and enjoyed their fame and fortune, safety on the rails was not their priority....

The Perfect Distance

Ovett and Coe: The Record Breaking Rivalry

by Pat Butcher
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012

The definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and...

The Mumper

by Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011

Seven drinking buddies decide to buy a racehorse and embark on the journey of a lifetime in the book that inspired the film Outside Bet. It's 1985 - Thatcher is in power, Sade is on the radio and the print workers have gone on strike. A motley rabble of seven firm friends: Thimble, Gudger,...

I Chose To Climb

by Chris Bonington
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

The early climbing years of Britain's greatest living mountaineer, from his schooldays to his ascent of the Eiger in 1962. I CHOSE TO CLIMB, first published in 1966, was Chris Bonington's first book. He was recognised then, as now, as one of the outstanding members of a brilliant generation...

Gentlemen and Blackguards

Gambling Mania and the Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844

by Nicholas Foulkes
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010

Men, money, duelling and murder: welcome to the infamous Derby race of 1844 and the gambling mania that gripped early 19th century Britain. This is a tale of money, gambling and sporting obsession; of rogues and rascals, outrageous criminality, aristocratic complacency, and a gripping investigation...

Saving Iraq

Rebuilding A Broken Nation

by Nemir Kirdar
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2009

Nemir Kirdar has lived Iraq's history. From the country of his youth - a stable and vibrant land of great promise, to the 1958 coup that plunged Iraq into a period of terror and destruction, foreign occupation, and the fall of Saddam Hussein, he's been uniquely placed to comment on events and propose...

Now Let's Dance

A feel-good book about finding love, and loving life

by Karine Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017

'Completely enchanting... a gentle and unexpected love story whose characters are drawn with tenderness and touching honesty. I loved it.' RUTH HOGAN, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS 'I enjoyed it very much, a really charming love story' CATHY HOPKINS, author of THEKICKING THE BUCKET LIST Marguerite...

The Fall of Toulon

The Royal Navy and the Royalist Last Stand Against the French Revolution

by Bernard Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014

The tragic story of the last Royalist attempt to overthrow the French revolution In the summer of 1793 French Royalists surrendered the great naval base at Toulon to the British, intending this to be the springboard for a full-scale counter-revolution. A multi-national taskforce led by the...

Making a Noise

Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong in Life, Arts and Broadcasting

by John Tusa
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018

John Tusa is a distinguished journalist, broadcaster and leader of arts organisations, best remembered for his times at the BBC, including creating Newsnight. Tusa's memoir is etched with candour. His account of two years of internecine warfare at the top of the BBC under the Chairman, 'Dukey'...