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In this meaty paperback, published to mark the tenth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, Christopher Hilton marries and updates four of his earlier titles about the legendary driver into one volume of more than 100,000 words. He chronicles Senna's entire story, from the wealthy childhood inBrazil to his fatal crash in 1994. It is a fast-moving and comprehensive account of an extraordinary life that will appeal to the wider public as well as to Senna fans.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An interesting, informative look at one of motor racings greatest ever drivers. The book charts Senna's rise from an early age in karting - through to formula 3000 and then to formula 1, culminating in that black day at Imola 94. This is a great account of a genuis at work. Recommended.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Ayrton Senna. The name conjures up many feelings in many people, the greatest ever driver? A vicious and uncompromising racer? a warm and kind individual of many depths? After reading this book the answer is obvious - He was all of that and more, Hilton writes in such a way that you understand everything about the man. Hilton has thoroughly researched his subject, and also speaks from the position of knowing Senna. From wheeling an elderly patient in a wheelchair - to the epic and bitter battles with Prost and Mansell (and also not afraid to expose Senna's more questionable behavior either) this book covers every aspect of Ayrton's life. And more intriguingly he tackles the "second life" Senna's legend has taken on since that fateful afternoon at Tamburello some 13 years ago.
Put simply: It is one of the best books on Formula one and motoracing that I have ever read - and by far the best ever on Ayrton Senna.
Put simply: It is one of the best books on Formula one and motoracing that I have ever read - and by far the best ever on Ayrton Senna.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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First I should explain my title - when I got to the end of the first chapter, I found my attention wandering, halfway through the second it had gone walkabout.
Why? fascinating subject matter, intriguing man, early death and subsequent promotion to demi-god - why was I bored?
Then I remembered the only time I read Geoffrey Archer - a short story in the Sunday Times - this shares the same "style"
A check revealed that Christopher Hilton was not a pen-name for Archer but he certainly has Archer's gift for turgid prose and clumsy construction
The book read like a bad translation of one written in another language or a transcript of a 'phone conversation
It's obviously attempting to be chatty and light- Hilton wrote for the Express and while this approach works for a newspaper column, it simply irritates over 384 pages
If that's what you want, fine, but if you want to read a serious biography I would suggest looking elsewhere
Why? fascinating subject matter, intriguing man, early death and subsequent promotion to demi-god - why was I bored?
Then I remembered the only time I read Geoffrey Archer - a short story in the Sunday Times - this shares the same "style"
A check revealed that Christopher Hilton was not a pen-name for Archer but he certainly has Archer's gift for turgid prose and clumsy construction
The book read like a bad translation of one written in another language or a transcript of a 'phone conversation
It's obviously attempting to be chatty and light- Hilton wrote for the Express and while this approach works for a newspaper column, it simply irritates over 384 pages
If that's what you want, fine, but if you want to read a serious biography I would suggest looking elsewhere
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More than just the definitive work on Senna...
Whilst Hilton combined three previous books and one new one into this Senna biography, it is so much more than that. Read more
Published 4 months ago by RamTec
Far from good or exhaustive
Not "the definitive" book about Senna... far from that. Mediocre writing style, and not exhaustive enough. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Nickie Nick
Good to know more about the great man.
I am the biggest F1 fan, and one of my only regrets is that i had a brief rest-bite from watching F1 in the late eighties - just about the time Senna was at his peak!. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2007 by mr Average
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