Dick Francis
Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British crime writer and former steeplechase jockey whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist.
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Dick Francis
Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British crime writer and former steeplechase jockey whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from the turf and became a journalist and novelist.
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Dick Francis (31. října 1920 W ...... žil na Kajmanských ostrovech.
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Dick Francis CBE (* 31. Oktobe ...... ischer Krimi-Autor und Jockey.
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Dick Francis, de son vrai nom ...... er dans les milieux hippiques.
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Dick Francis, nato Richard Sta ...... autore di romanzi polizieschi.
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Dick Francis, właśc. Richard S ...... , autor powieści kryminalnych.
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Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis ...... torno de corridas de cavalos.
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Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis ...... några av hans senaste böcker.
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Richard Stanley Francis ( (Wal ...... cis, weer boeken gepubliceerd.
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Richard Stanley Francis CBE FR ...... me international best-sellers.
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Richard Stanley Francis, CBE , ...... de 60 millones de ejemplares.
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Edgar Award 1967, 1969
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Merrick, Felix
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Mary Margaret ; her death
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Dick Francis, nato Richard Sta ...... autore di romanzi polizieschi.
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Dick Francis, właśc. Richard S ...... , autor powieści kryminalnych.
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Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis ...... torno de corridas de cavalos.
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