Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (UK 2014)

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At eighteen, easy-going Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey. His father, immersed in politics, asks his only son to enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the father's burgeoning career. Ben agrees lightheartedly, but ten years later finds himself targetted in a vicious attack mounted by his father's increasingly violent political enemies as he makes his drive towards the Prime Ministership. In practice, a 10-lb penalty is the maximum extra weight a winning thoroughbred is normally set to carry in a race. A 10-lb penalty can be a killer.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Penguin, ISBN: 9781405916851 (September, 2014), 320 p., £7.99.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (USA 2004)

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A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament -- and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Berkley Books, ISBN: 9780425197455 (August, 2004), 306 p., $8.99.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (UK 1998)

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Teenager Benedict Juliard has no other ambition than to ride in steeplechases as an amateur jockey. Having agreed not to do anything that could destroy his father's growing public service and political career, Ben finds himself targeted in an attack mounted by his father's enemies.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Pan, ISBN: 0330370014 (November, 1998), 308 p., £5.99.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (USA 1998)

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Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own reputation but that of his father, a prospective prime minister...

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Jove, ISBN: 0515123471 (October, 1998), 306 p., $6.99.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (USA 1997)

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At eighteen, easygoing Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey in steeplechase races. His father, George, driven toward a life of public service and politics, asks his only son to enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the father's growing reputation and burgeoning political career.

Five years later, after graduating from university and experiencing the working world, Ben has abandoned his dream of life on the racecourse, and enters the political arena as his father's staunchest ally and most trusted confidant. Despite his allegiance to the promise he made to his father, Ben finds himself targeted in a vicious attack mounted by George's increasingly violent enemies. Through the son, the father is to be discredited and destroyed. As George Juliard makes his drive toward the prime ministership, Ben is plunged into a frightening morass of lies and treachery.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399143025 (September, 1997), 273 p., $24.95.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty (UK 1997)

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Inspired from meeting John Major at Lords last summer, Dick Francis' 36th novel combines horse racing with politics.
At eighteen, easy-going young Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey. His father, George, driven by powerful urges towards a life of public service and politics, asks his only son to enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the father's growing reputation and career. Ben agrees lightheartedly, but ten years later finds himself targeted in a vicious attack mounted by his father's increasingly violent political enemies. Through the son, the father is to be discredited and destroyed exactly as George feared. As George makes his ambitious drive towards the Prime Ministership and occupancy of No. 10 Downing Street, Ben is plunged into a frightening morass of lies and treachery. In practice, a 101b penalty is the maximum extra weight a winning thoroughbred is normally set to carry in a horse race. A 101b penalty can be a killer.

Dick Francis: 10 lb Penalty. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 0718142454 (September, 1997), 271 p., £16.99.