An edition of Riders (1985)

Riders

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An edition of Riders (1985)

Riders

a novel

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Set against the backdrop of the English Cotswolds countryside, Riders follows the fortunes of a group of fame and money hungry show jumping stars.
Jake Lovell, the gypsy-born hero of the novel, is a brilliant horseman desperately seeking revenge for years of bullying at the hands of the glamorous, but brutish aristocrat, Rupert Campbell-Black. With the help of his rich debutante wife, Tory Maxwell, he is able to set himself up his own yard and begins building a reputation on the show jumping circuit. Meanwhile, Rupert is content living the jet set lifestyle with best friend Billy Lloyd-Foxe, plus a string of beautiful women, horses and dogs. Meeting his beautiful wife, Helen Macaulay, does little to curb his promiscuity and he eventually falls back into a life of parties, alcohol and casual sex.
When Jake and Rupert meet again for the first time since school, old rivalries are sparked back to life as they fight it out to prove who is the greater horseman and perhaps more importantly, the greater lover. Along the way, Cooper gives us a peek into the lives of this close knit community of tops riders, their horses, grooms and families. We see the highs and lows of life in the equestrian world, but who will eventually come out on top in the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics, and will success ultimately lead to disaster for Jake?

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Publish Date
Publisher
Arlington Books
Language
English
Pages
704

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Cover of: Riders
Riders
July 3, 2007, Touchstone
Paperback in English
Cover of: Riders
Riders
May 7, 2007, Corgi Adult
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Riders
Riders
August 1995, Chivers Audio Books
Audio Cassette in English
Cover of: Riders
Riders
August 1995, Chivers Audio Books
Audio Cassette in English
Cover of: Riders
Riders
1986, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Riders
Riders
1986, s.n.]
in English
Cover of: Riders
Riders: a novel
1985, Arlington Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6053.O57 R53 1985b

The Physical Object

Pagination
704 p. ;
Number of pages
704

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2335145M
ISBN 10
085140636X
LCCN
86224838
OCLC/WorldCat
16922606
Library Thing
44646
Goodreads
1786582

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Because he had to get up unusually early on Saturday, Jake Lovell kept waking up throughout the night, wracked by terrifying dreams about being late.
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