Большая гонка: драма на миллион. Легендарная история о том, как еврейский гонщик, американская наследница и французское авто посрамили гитлеровских асов

Nil Baskomb - laureat nat͡sionalʹnoĭ premii i avtor mnogikh knig-bestsellerov New York Times. On shiroko izvesten svoimi publichnymi vystuplenii͡ami na temu voĭny. Baskomb takzhe sni͡alsi͡a v ri͡ade dokumentalʹnykh filʹmov.'Bolʹshai͡a gonka' - pobeditelʹ premii Motor Press Guild v nominat͡sii luchshai͡a kniga goda i premii Dina Bėtchelora za vydai͡ushcheesi͡a masterstvo v sfere avtomobilʹnoĭ zhurnalistiki. Ona rasskazyvaet o golovokruzhitelʹnoĭ istorii pobedy komandy besstrashnykh sportsmenov nad ustrashai͡ushchimi 'Serebri͡anymi strelami' Gitlera v zolotoĭ vek avtomobilʹnykh gonok.V to vremi͡a kak pravitelʹstvo nat͡sistskoĭ Germanii provodilo politiku rasovoĭ diskriminat͡sii i podtalkivalo mir k voĭne. Tri geroi͡a - voditelʹ, kotoromu bylo otkazano v chlenstve v luchsheĭ evropeĭskoĭ komande iz-za ego evreĭskogo proiskhozhdenii͡a. Vladelet͡s 'poshatnuvsheĭsi͡a kompanii', proizvodi͡ashcheĭ avtomobili, i avanti͡urnai͡a dochʹ amerikanskogo mulʹtimillionera - obʺedinilisʹ dli͡a togo, chtoby sostavitʹ konkurent͡sii͡u nat͡sistskim komandam-favoritam na Gran-Pri. vershine avtosporta. Chitateli uznai͡ut ob odnom iz samykh vpechatli͡ai͡ushchikh i smertelʹnykh ėpizodov avtosporta XX veka - simvolicheskoĭ pobede nad nat͡sistami v samyĭ temnyĭ period mirovoĭ istorii.Kniga budet interesna shirokomu krugu chitateleĭ. li͡ubiteli͡am avtosporta i fanatam knig 'Malʹchiki v lodke' D. D. Brauna. 'V sadu chudovishch. Li͡ubovʹ i terror v gitlerovskom Berline' Ė. Larsona.Sredniĭ format knigi pozvolit vzi͡atʹ ee v dorogu.Pered samym nachalom Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭny imi͡a Delahaye 175 gremelo na vesʹ mir.Oboĭdi͡a vsekh v "Gonke na million frankov", Delahaye zavoevala titul "mashiny, bʹi͡ushcheĭ Gitlera" i voshla v istorii͡u kak odna iz samykh roskoshnykh gonochnykh mashin-uchastnit͡s Gran-pri.Amerikanskiĭ zhurnalist i pisatelʹ Nil Baskomb ne tolʹko vdolʹ i poperek issledoval arkhivy nat͡sionalʹnykh bibliotek, po kusochkam sobirai͡a fragmenty ėtoĭ unikalʹnoĭ istorii, no i pobyval za rulëm samogo "sokrovishcha" - Delahaye 175.Ego kniga - ėto zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ rasskaz o "Gonke na million frankov", po ostrote chitatelʹskikh ėmot͡siĭ sravnimyĭ razve chto s pilotirovaniem gonochnogo bolida.Dli͡a nastoi͡ashchikh fanatov istorii avtosporta i avtomobilestroenii͡a!

Neil Bascomb is a National award winner and the author of many New York Times bestselling books. He is widely known for his public speeches on the topic of war. Bascombe has also appeared in a number of documentaries.The Big Race is the winner of the Motor Press Guild Award for Best Book of the Year and the Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism. She tells about the dizzying story of the victory of a team of fearless athletes over the terrifying 'Silver Arrows' Hitler in the golden age of car racing.While the government of Nazi Germany pursued a policy of racial discrimination and pushed the world to war. The three heroes are a driver who was denied membership in the best European team because of his Jewish origin. The owner of a "shaky company" that produces cars and the adventurous daughter of an American multimillionaire have teamed up to compete with the Nazi favorite teams at the Grand Prix. the pinnacle of motorsport. Readers will learn about one of the most impressive and deadly episodes of motorsport of the XX century - the symbolic victory over the Nazis in the darkest period of world history.The book will be of interest to a wide range of readers. to motorsport fans and fans of the books "Boys in a Boat" by D. D. Brown. 'In the garden of monsters. Love and Terror in Hitler's Berlin' by E. Larson.The medium format of the book will allow you to take it on the road.Just before the outbreak of World War II, the name Delahaye 175 thundered all over the world.Beating everyone in the "Million Franc Race", Delahaye won the title of "the car that beats Hitler" and went down in history as one of the most luxurious racing cars participating in the Grand Prix.American journalist and writer Neil Bascomb not only explored the archives of the national libraries, piecing together fragments of this unique story, but also drove the "treasure" itself – Delahaye 175.His book is an exciting story about the "Million–franc Race", comparable in the sharpness of readers' emotions except with piloting a racing car.For real fans of the history of motorsport and automotive industry!