came after her.
Female high achievers often get a raw deal from history,
especially in sport. Few have got such a bad deal as the woman
who defied the warrior-athletes of the Third Reich in the world’s
most dangerous steeplechase.
Read an extract from Unbreakable this coming Sunday in your
Daily Edition
‘Unbreakable: The Countess, The Nazis and the World’s Most
Dangerous Horse Race’, by Richard Askwith, is out in paperback
by Vintage (£9.99)