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Faster
- How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
For fans of The Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, a pulse-pounding tale of triumph over Hitler’s fearsome Silver Arrows during the golden age of auto racing.
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach, head of the down-on-its-luck automaker Delahaye, was desperately trying to save his company as the world teetered at the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned to reclaim the glory of her rally-driving days.
As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, these three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.
Bringing to life this glamorous era and the sport that defined it, Faster chronicles one of the most inspiring, death-defying upsets of all time: a symbolic blow against the Nazis during history’s darkest hour.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-23
The thrill of prewar racing cars
A well written account of the major stars of motor racing in the years, leading up to the war as Hitler’s Germany attempts to vanquish all rivals. Their silver arrows models, the auto unions, and Mercedes won the majority of events, but not all.
The final French Grand Prix in the period was hotly contested by Delahaye for France and Mercedes-Benz
I enjoyed the book, but agree with others that the narration could have been much better. A pity.
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- Rollon2021
- 30-09-24
Sheer grit and determination
Only vague knowledge of Rene Dreyfus until this book. What a character! Hugely talented driver with an active social life. Mixed it with the best drivers in the world. Criticism regarding the reader is misplaced in my opinion. He provides in his narration a good level of excitement and detail with correct pronunciation. Fascinating to learn details of various factory teams and their cars with some good technical comment too. On track action and occasional tragedies are well described and conveys the excitement of racing in this era well. The ladies, oh the ladies of the day. Especially one that was a very talented driver herself. Great read I thought.
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- Mr Richard Ashley-Davies
- 23-11-20
Probably good if you can get past the narrator
Probably an interesting story and one I'd like to learn - but from elsewhere. I could not get past the ridiculous accents/pronunciation used constantly throughout, More of an annoyance than anything else; could not complete the audiobook.
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