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I love Jilly Cooper. Her books are just glorious, full of the most joyful prose and splendid similies (and I love anything that's written using the words glorious, splendid and joyful). Her characters are entertaining, compelling and so real, despite for the most part being horrendous charactatures and stereotypes, and weave in and out throughout her 'Rutshire Chronicles' series, either stepping forward to take their turn in the limelight or dropping in like old friends or to reveal their redeemed ways. Aidan Turner plays TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who’s wooed toCoriniumTV from the BBC byBaddinghamhimself, but feels he’s been swindled and vows to get his revenge.
Jilly Cooper is a famous erotic and romance English author who was born on 21st February 1937. She became a journalist where she wrote non-fictional articles before writing some of the romance novels. Cooper is well-known for her Rutshire Chronicles series which was first published in 1985. Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto’s Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne. What is the French for arsenic and strychnine?” murmured Granny, who was pointedly ignoring both of them. Rupert's dream is to have his beloved Thoroughbred stallion, Love Rat, declared leading sire. His main competition is the fiendish Cosmo Ranaldini and his horse, Roberto's Revenge. While he's flying all over the world to enter his horses in the richest races of the entire globe, things at home are being overseen by his stable manager Gav (who is of course a genius with horses but tormented in love), the nurse for his increasingly senile father Eddie, Gala (of course she is also a genius with horses AND a tormented widow) and a host of other characters (most of whom are geniuses with horses and unhappy in love). Notice a theme here? In the meantime, someone appears to be sabotaging Penscombe and the horses.You'll probably spot the villain a mile off, from the book blurb after you've read the prologue. There's a scene which doesn't happen which I was surprised at (a particular race) but the book was so long by this point that I can see why Cooper chose another denouement. Lastly, it's a bit annoying how we're supposed to still see Rupert as the sex god hottest man in the universe and how he doesn't age. Is he going to be 100 years old and still have this? It's getting a bit tired. I usually enjoy a Jilly Cooper, but this time I'm sad to say I was tempted to throw the book through the window. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The two men fought and fornicated their way around major cities of Europe side by side. Unfortunately, the feud between them erupts and results in unimaginable consequences during the Los Angeles Olympics.
I don't make a habit of listing books specifically to say I didn't like them. This is one of the few exceptions. As stated earlier, this series was the most successful work of Jilly Cooper. It consists of the following nine books: This was the sixth book in the series. It featured Sir Robert Rannaldini. He was very successful but a disgusting being in the world. His only ambitions were; making history in the musical industry by making a movie of Verdi’s darkest opera, Don Carlos and to seduce his 19 year old daughter Tabitha Campbell. Britain’s number one bestselling author turns her brilliant pen to the explosive world of education.
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I think this is one of the best Jilly Cooper books - a murder mystery surrounded by her usual mix of beautiful people, unfaithful lovers and gorgeous settings.
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