LEADER 02272nam 2200505 450 001 9910790705103321 005 20230721011214.0 010 $a0-7864-5218-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001181128 035 $a(EBL)1593660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084370 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12413108 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084370 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11035409 035 $a(PQKB)11390136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1593660 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001181128 100 $a20080729h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Dick Francis companion $echaracters, horses, plots, settings and themes /$fStephen Sugden 210 1$aJefferson, North Carolina :$cMcFarland & Co.,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 0$aMcFarland companions to mystery fiction 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7864-2944-5 311 $a1-306-29903-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 273) and index. 327 $aA Dick Francis Companion; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Characters, Horses, Plots, Settings and Themes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$vDictionaries 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, English 676 $a823.914 700 $aSugden$b Stephen$f1950-$01487635 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790705103321 996 $aA Dick Francis companion$93707601 997 $aUNINA