
- 420 pages
- English
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The Flying Fifty-Five
About this book
This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Flying Fifty-Five' is a novel set in the horse racing community and follows the ups and downs of turf life. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently changing employment circumstances, Wallace went into the military. He served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and then as part of the Medical Staff Corps stationed in South Africa. Whilst in the Balkans covering the Russo-Japanese War, Wallace found the inspiration for The Four Just Men, published in 1905. Over the rest of his life, Wallace produced some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence.
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Table of contents
- THE FLYING FIFTY-FIVE
- Edgar Wallace
- I. — THE GIRL TRAINER
- II. — THE NEW HEAD LAD
- III. — WHY STELLA GAMBLED
- IV. — A BACKER OF HORSES
- V. — THE WINNER OF THE TRIAL STAKES
- VI. — THE NEW LAD BETS
- VII. — LORD FONTWELL GIVES HIS ORDERS
- VIII. — THE COVENTRY STAKES
- IX. — THE RACE FOR THE COVENTRY
- X. — THE HONOURABLE CLAUDE BARBERRY
- XI. — “HELL AND IRON” AT HOME
- XII. — THE HUNT CUP
- XIII. — AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
- XIV. — BILL GOES HOME
- XV. — THE SUNDERFIELD COLLIERY
- XVI. — A MORNING GALLOP
- XVII. — BILL GIVES ADVICE
- XVIII. — HER LADYSHIP’S GUESTS
- XIX. — MR. URQUHART GIVES AN OPINION
- XX. — FOLLY FARM
- XXI. — THE WONDERFUL CHARLES
- XXII. — THE STEWARD’S CUP
- XXIII. — STELLA WINS MONEY
- XXIV. — THE STORY OF URQUHART’S SON
- XXV. — “A DIVORCE HAS BEEN ARRANGED”
- XXVI. — SIR JACQUES CHANGES HIS MIND
- XXVII. — SIR JACQUES MAKES A DISCOVERY
- XXVIII. — A REJECTED PROPOSAL
- XXIX. — THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES
- XXX. — JEBSON’S CLUB
- XXXI. — THE GAYNESS OF AUNT ELIZA
- XXXII. — THE SAFE IN THE WALL
- XXXIII. — RACING EDUCATION
- XXXIV. — THE ARRIVAL OF MRS. BROWN
- XXXV. — THE RUNNING OF TEN SPOT
- XXXVI. — THE PORTRAIT
- XXXVII. — A WRONG NOMINATION
- XXXVIII. — GOLDY LOCKS
- XXXIX. — “SEVEN HILLS—NOT QUALIFIED.”
- XL. — MR. JEBSON RECEIVES A COMMISSION
- XLI. — FINDING A JOCKEY
- XLII. — JEBSON MAKES A BIT
- XLIII. — AN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
- XLIV. — THE JUBILEE
- XLV. — LADY SEMBERSON PAYS A VISIT
- XLVI. — THE NEW APPRENTICE
- XLVII. — THE RACE FOR THE DERBY STAKES
- XLVIII. — THE END