02272nam 2200505 450 991082469620332120230721011214.00-7864-5218-8(CKB)2550000001181128(EBL)1593660(SSID)ssj0001084370(PQKBManifestationID)12413108(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084370(PQKBWorkID)11035409(PQKB)11390136(MiAaPQ)EBC1593660(EXLCZ)99255000000118112820080729h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Dick Francis companion characters, horses, plots, settings and themes /Stephen SugdenJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Co.,[2008]©20081 online resource (297 p.)McFarland companions to mystery fictionDescription based upon print version of record.0-7864-2944-5 1-306-29903-9 Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index.A Dick Francis Companion; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Characters, Horses, Plots, Settings and Themes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; IndexThis exhaustive reference work examines the complete fictional works of Dick Francis, a former steeplechase jockey to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and an accomplished British novelist. As of 2007, Francis had written one volume of collected short stories and 40 novels, most of which contain one or more elements related to British horse racing. Organized in a dictionary format, the book lists and discusses both the major and the peripheral characters in Francis's novels and short stories, along with the horses, plots, locations and themes employed throughout.Detective and mystery stories, EnglishDictionariesDetective and mystery stories, English823.914Sugden Stephen1950-1702349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824696203321A Dick Francis companion4086814UNINA