Famous throughout the world as England’s greatest sporting estate, Goodwood has been the home of English sport for centuries: from foxhunting to cricket, from shooting to horse racing, from golf to motor sports. ‘Glorious Goodwood’ takes the reader on a historic journey starting in the 18th century with the escapades of the first Duke of Richmond (Charles II’s illegitimate son), through the 19th century, up to the 20th century with the Brussels and Scottish interludes and into the present day. The 300 years that the book embraces chart the ups and downs of a great English aristocratic family and how they responded to the challenges life presented, both as people of their times and as innovators, always with a love of sport that they willingly shared with others.

Author James Peill Published by Constable ISBN 9781472128256 EAN 9781472128256 Bic Code Cover Paperback