The Bugatti Queen
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: February 2, 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780743231466
Subjects: Biography: sport; Car racing; Sports; Hellé-Nice; Motor racing drivers
First sentence: She had kept the gloves because they reminded her of the way in which one of her most charming lovers, Phillipe de Rothschild, had introduced himself to her.
Description: A biography of the Grand Prix motor racing driver Hellé-Nice (pseudonym of Mariette Hélène Delangle) (1900-1984).
Notes: Navy cloth boards with silver title etc. on spine.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xi; title: THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER; label: 1
title: Beginnings
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: 1903: The Race to Death
pagenum: 12; label: 3
title: Loss and Learning
pagenum: 20; title: THE DANCER; label: 4
title: Paris
pagenum: 35; label: 5
title: The Dancer
pagenum: 55; title: THE RACER; label: 6
title: 'La Princesse des altitudes, reine de vitesse'
pagenum: 71; label: 7
title: Interlude at Molsheim
pagenum: 88; label: 8
title: Lapping the Goldfish Bowl
pagenum: 99; title: FLYING HIGH; label: 9
title: Ralph's Honey
pagenum: 119; label: 10
title: Sex and Cars
pagenum: 138; title: FALLING; label: 11
title: 1936: L'Année malheureuse
pagenum: 175; label: 12
title: The Road Back
pagenum: 185; label: 13
title: 'And what did you do during the war, Mademoiselle?'
pagenum: 207; label: 14
title: The Accusation
pagenum: 227; label: 15
title: Sans Everything
pagenum: 241; title: Afterword
pagenum: 255; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 263; title: Appendices
pagenum: 265; title: Notes
pagenum: 277; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 288; title: Index
pagenum: 289