Blown: The Incredible Story of John Goldsmith: Racehorse Trainer, Gambler and Wartime Secret Agent - Reid, Jamie
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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. The thrilling true story of John Goldsmith, one of the great unsung heroes of World War Two. An English racehorse trainer and horse dealer's son, he was born and brought up in Paris and spoke fluent French. In 1942 he was recruited in to the legendary Special Operations Executive, or SOE, and dropped three times behind enemy lines. On each of these missions he drew on thereserves of nerve and guile that he had acquired in the horse racing world. In 1943 he organised the escape of a French air force general across the Pyrenees but a few months later…mehr

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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. The thrilling true story of John Goldsmith, one of the great unsung heroes of World War Two. An English racehorse trainer and horse dealer's son, he was born and brought up in Paris and spoke fluent French. In 1942 he was recruited in to the legendary Special Operations Executive, or SOE, and dropped three times behind enemy lines. On each of these missions he drew on thereserves of nerve and guile that he had acquired in the horse racing world. In 1943 he organised the escape of a French air force general across the Pyrenees but a few months later he was caught by the Gestapo in Paris only to engineer his own getaway from a locked third floor hotel room. By the end of the war he had been awarded the DSO, MC, Croix de Guerre and Legion d'Honneur. Resuming his peacetime occupation in 1946 Goldsmith was sent numerous French racehorses to train.
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Jamie Reid is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction books Doped (Winner of the 2013 William Hill Sports Book Award), A Licence To Print Money (short listed for the 1992 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award), Days Like These: The Education of a Racing Lover and Emperors Of The Turf as well as the novels Easy Money and Home On The Range. A lifelong racing enthusiast he is also a journalist and regular columnist for the Financial Times. He has also written for the Guardian, The Independent On Sunday, Harpers & Queen, the New Statesman, Money Observer and Private Eye.