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Book Synopsis* Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record
* The story of the speed kings - the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s to 1940s
Trade Reviewentertaining and authoritative ... * INDEPENDENT *
splendid history ... Jennings brilliantly conveys the rattling turmoil of being in the cockpit of one of these monster cars * GUARDIAN *
This terrific book had me gripped from the start ... a lovely read, full of excitement ... Jennings has captured the essential characteristics of these men - their sadness - extremely well. * NEW STATESMAN *
Thoroughly entertaining yet extremely informative. * EVENING STANDARD *
