Dick Francis: The Sport of Queens (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
This is the biography of thriller-writer Dick Francis. Francis is known for setting his novels against the background of horseracing. This revised edition tells how he became one of Britain's leading National Hunt jockeys and a champion steeplechaser, riding as jockey to the Queen Mother. The story of Francis is traced from life in the saddle to life as a bestselling novelist.

Dick Francis: The Sport of Queens. Pan, ISBN: 0330339028 (September, 1995), 208 p., £5.99.