Book description
In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky
France-Lynch, who is moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large
crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who
was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration
of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave
her dreary school and become a polo player. The polo set were ritzy,
wild, and gloriously promiscuous. Perdita thought she'd get along with
them very well.
But before she had time to grow up, Ricky's life exploded into
tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses -
and Ricky France-Lynch.
Ricky's obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita's to win both
Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader
on a wildly exciting journey - to the estancias of Argentina,
to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of
England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic
battle of all is destined to be fought - a match that is about far
more than just the winning of a huge silver cup...
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, writer and media superstar. The author
of many number one bestselling novels, including
Riders, Rivals,
Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous,
Appassionata, Score!
and
Pandora
, she lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, Leo, five cats and her
greyhound dog. She was appointed OBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday
Honours List for her contribution to literature.
