A Dick Francis companion : characters, horses, plots, settings and themes / Stephen Sugden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sugden, Stephen, 1950-

Series:

McFarland companions to mystery fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, Dick--Dictionaries.

Francis, Dick.

Detective and mystery stories, English--Dictionaries.

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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.

Contents:

A Dick Francis Companion; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Characters, Horses, Plots, Settings and Themes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-5218-8