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The Suffragette Derby
Author(s): Michael Tanner (Author)
- Publisher: The Robson Press
- Publication Date: 21 May 2013
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1849545189
- ISBN-13: 9781849545181
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
I am currently reading the tome and can thoroughly recommend it. –Guardian Sports
For drama, tragedy, controversy and intrigue, there has never been another race like the 1913 Derby… and the events of that day 100 years ago are examined in detail in Michael Tanner’s excellent new book… The 1913 Derby remains the most fascinating and elusive of contests, and Tanner weaves its many strands into a compelling narrative that make it racing’s book of the year. –John Randall, Racing Post
The mix of tragedy, rancour and resentment is cleverly exposed by Tanner whose painstaking research produces some fascinating moments…It all makes for a fascinating tale told beautifully by Tanner in a very readable style. Racing enthusiasts need not be concerned thst the book deals principally with the suffragette movement – there is much here to enjoy and to learn about racing in the Edwardian era. –John Scanlon, Kingsley Klarion
An impeccably researched interweaving of real-life racing thriller with social history. –The Spectator
Tanner has put together a gripping book and also a most valuable social history of a time well gone. –The Irish Field
Tanner has examined all the interlinking events in forensic fashion in a landmark book, the Suffragette Derby…the research that Tanner must have put into the book was exhaustive but it was well worthwhile…this book is a huge contribution to turf literature and a compulsive read. –Blackpool Gazette
Michael Tanner has scoured public and private sources, drawing on unpublished diaries and interviews with descendants of the principals, to provide a definitive account of what led to the events of that day and how they unfolded…In a Channel 4 documentary earlier this year, Clare Balding attempted to make a case for her so doing. Tanner’s evidence is far more convincing…Tanner is an acclaimed racing writer…His near forensic examination of the facts and his analysis of events, make this a thoroughly absorbing read. –Bookmakers Office Supplies
Tanner has put together a gripping book and also a most valuable social history of a time well gone. –The Irish Field
