Racing With the Gods by Marcus Marsh

Racing With the Gods

by Marcus Marsh

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1968 [First Edition], black and white photographic frontispiece, black and white photographs, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, ex-library with stickers and tape residue on end-papers, tape residue on covers, stamp to top fore-edge, dust-jacket shows some edge and shelf wear with crumpling and a little creasing to wraps (see photographs)

"This is the story of a racehorse trainer Marcus marsh ... his owners, the Maharajah of Rajpipla, the Aga Khan and Prince Aly ... his jockeys, Steve Donoghue, Charlie Smirke and Gordon Richards ... his most famous horses, Windsor Lad and Tulyar.
It tells of his life with Aly in the casinos and the night-clubs of the Riviera ... of Rita Hayworth and Gene Tierney, entangled in Aly's web ... of Rajpipla in his Wooster world of chorus girls and confusion ... of Fred Darling, mentor, friend, yet bitter rival ... of that frail old demi-god, the late Aga, ruling the roost from the Villa Yakimour."