Ragged Edge

Name: Ragged Edge
Brand: John Blake Publishing Ltd
SKU: 9781789466805
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The brutal true story of the Isle of Man TT - the world's most dangerous race

Autor: Stuart Barker

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Editura: John Blake Publishing Ltd

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One week in June. One small island. 40,000 annual visitors. Raw speed. Numerous annual deaths. The I...

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Autor

Stuart Barker

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2023

Pagini

304

EAN

9781789466805

Enbook ID

43343305

Editura

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Greutate

534

Dimensiuni

153 x 234

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One week in June. One small island. 40,000 annual visitors. Raw speed. Numerous annual deaths. The Isle of Man TT motorcycle road race.

Five minutes to go. The claxon sounds, harsh as an air raid siren. Television crews attempt last-minute interviews with riders. The thousand yard-stares give it away: they're really not listening now.

Four minutes to go. The grandstand is packed. Some racers tell their mechanics, 'I'll see you later for a pint' - just to make themselves believe they will.

Three minutes to go. For the first man on the road, hidden dangers exist. He will have no-one to follow. And he is the hare that the greyhounds will be chasing.

Two minutes to go. By the end of the first lap, riders will be howling past faster than a bullet from the barrel of a gun. A full 160pmh. And that's not even the fastest part of the course.

One minute to go. The atmosphere is palpably tense. It's like no other sporting event on earth. Formula 1 drivers can crash spectacularly and just walk away. Everyone knows that's not the case here.

Five seconds. The starter raises the chequered flag, ready to snap down. No more time for nerves, for doubts. The race has started. How it will end, no-one knows. The TT has begun.

In Ragged Edge, Stuart Barker will write the definitive story of this unique event, from the tarmac up. The history, the atmosphere, the heroes, tragedies and legends. And most importantly: our fascination with this seductive yet perilous test of skill and daring. This is the unvarnished, raw truth behind the world's most dangerous sporting event - in the words of those who ride it.

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