Polo
Published on 7. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-0-552-15616-5 (ISBN)
Description
Want to know what happens next? Don't miss the third racy instalment of the Rutshire Chronicles series, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals - now a major TV series streaming on Disney+
'Compulsively readable and funny...the irrepressible Jilly remains irresistible' The Times
'Polo is the best thing she's ever done' Daily Mail
'A work of towering genius' Evening Standard
Escape to the 80s - the decade of decadence...
Ricky France-Lynch was moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player. The polo set were ritzy, wild, and gloriously promiscuous. Perdita thought she'd get along with them very well.
But before she had time to grow up, Ricky's life exploded into tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses - and Ricky France-Lynch.
Ricky's obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita's to win both Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader on a wildly exciting journey - to the estancias of Argentina, to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought - a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup...
Readers love Polo:
'This book is Jilly Cooper at her best'
'A glorious romp'
'A really good holiday escapist read'
'ABSOLUTELY terrific'
'You can't beat Jilly Cooper'
Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
'Compulsively readable and funny...the irrepressible Jilly remains irresistible' The Times
'Polo is the best thing she's ever done' Daily Mail
'A work of towering genius' Evening Standard
Escape to the 80s - the decade of decadence...
Ricky France-Lynch was moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player. The polo set were ritzy, wild, and gloriously promiscuous. Perdita thought she'd get along with them very well.
But before she had time to grow up, Ricky's life exploded into tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses - and Ricky France-Lynch.
Ricky's obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita's to win both Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader on a wildly exciting journey - to the estancias of Argentina, to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought - a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup...
Readers love Polo:
'This book is Jilly Cooper at her best'
'A glorious romp'
'A really good holiday escapist read'
'ABSOLUTELY terrific'
'You can't beat Jilly Cooper'
Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024
Reviews / Votes
The world of smart women, handsome army officers, romantic school girls, lustful grooms, insecure wives... they have fire in their bellies (and generally in their groins too) and a massive appetite for life -- Nicholas Coleridge * The Sunday Times * Polo is the best thing she's ever done * Daily Mail * A work of towering genius * Evening Standard * Compulsively readable and funny... the irrepressible Jilly remains irresistible * The Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-15616-5 (9780552156165)
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Person
Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.