![]() ![]() ![]() In Trial Run, ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to royalty. The book's success led to his becoming the racing correspondent for London's Sunday Express newspaper, and he continued in that job for 16 years. His first book was his autobiography The Sport of Queens, for which he was offered the aid of a ghostwriter, which he spurned. Francis wrote more than 40 international best-sellers. ![]() After wartime Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. Instead, he served in the Royal Air Force, working as ground crew and later piloting fighter and bomber aircraft. During the Second World War, Francis volunteered, hoping to join the cavalry. His novels centre on horse racing in England. Richard Stanley Francis was a British crime writer. ![]()
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