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Entertainingly and gracefully brings to life the Regency upper-class at war and at dance. - Simon Sebag Montefiore on DANCING INTO BATTLE. Not since Thackeray himself has a writer so powerfully evoked the mood of the British in Brussels before, during and after the Battle of Waterloo. - Andrew Roberts on DANCING INTO BATTLE.

smartly told. an absorbing glimpse into the paddock where what we know as 'Victorianism' took its first tentative steps -- DJ Taylor FINANCIAL TIMES Foulkes manages in this book to be sports writer, crime writer and historian with equal facility. -- Nick Pitt SUNDAY TIMES utterly readable. Anyone remotely interested in racing will love this book -- John McEntee DAILY MAIL Foulkes whips up a colourful broad-brush portrait of a time when, in his own words, 'gentlemen condescended to race with, and be cheated by, blackguards' -- Miranda Seymour EVENING STANDARD The story of their audacious plot and the personalities who unmasked it is beautifully told -- Jamie Reid HOW TO SPEND IT, FINANCIAL TIMES Foulkes tells his essential story with brio and relish -- Nick Clee THE LADY a ripsnorting account of the beastliness that took place when inveterate, aristocratic gamblers tried to stitch up one another -- Dan Jones THE TIMES elegantly written, supremely entertaining -- Tim Barber CITY AM Compelling slice of social history forms backdrop to the most crooked race ever run THE RACING POST The Queen Mother would have adored Nick Foulkes' book... terribly engaging stuff SPEAR'S Foulkes's prose is a delight. He is the paladin of the bon mot and his book is exquisite. THE FIELD

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Formerly Associate Editor of the Evening Standard's ES magazine, Nicholas Foulkes writes regularly for the Financial Times, Country Life and the Mail on Sunday's Night and Day.

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