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A Race with Love and Death : The Story of Richard Seaman

'A tragic age and a tragic character, both seemingly compelled to destroy themselves...a chilling reminder of how little control we have over our fates' Damon Hill

'One of the greatest motor racing stories' Nick Mason

'Timely, vivid and enthralling … it’s unputdownable’ Miranda Seymour, author of The Bugatti Queen

Dick Seaman was the archetypal dashing motorsport hero of the 1930s, the first Englishman to win a race for Mercedes-Benz and the last Grand Prix driver to die at the wheel before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Award-winning author Richard Williams reveals the remarkable but now forgotten story of a driver whose battles against the leading figures of motor racing's golden age inspired the post-war generation of British champions. The son of wealthy parents, educated at Rugby and Cambridge, Seaman grew up in a privileged world of house parties, jazz and fast cars. But motor racing was no mere hobby: it became such an obsession that he dropped out of university to pursue his ambitions, squeezing money out of his parents to buy better cars. When he was offered a contract with the world-beating, state-sponsored Mercedes team in 1937, he signed up despite the growing political tensions between Britain and Germany. A year later, he celebrated victory in the German Grand Prix with the beautiful 18-year-old daughter of the founder of BMW. Their wedding that summer would force a split with his family, a costly rift that had not been closed six months later when he crashed in the rain while leading at Spa, dying with his divided loyalties seemingly unresolved. He was just 26 years old.

A Race with Love and Death is a gripping tale of speed, romance and tragedy. Set in an era of rising tensions, where the urge to live each moment to the full never seemed more important, it is a richly evocative story that grips from first to last.


Author:

  • Richard Williams

Narrator:

  • Richard Williams

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 12 h 21 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies
  • Sports biographies

4.3

3 ratings

Örjan

2025-02-27

Det är alltid lika fascinerande att lära mer om racerförare och deras drivkraft. Boken ger även en intressant bild av hur Nazisterna växte och tog makten under 1930-talet. Bra uppläsare. Rekommenderas till alla som intresserar sig för racing i någon form och europeisk historia i alla former!

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