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Polo

Polo

Summary

Want to know what happens next? Don't miss the third racy instalment of the Rutshire Chronicles series, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals – now a major TV series streaming on Disney+

'Compulsively readable and funny...the irrepressible Jilly remains irresistible' The Times
'Polo is the best thing she's ever done' Daily Mail
'A work of towering genius' Evening Standard

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Escape to the 80s – the decade of decadence…

Ricky France-Lynch was moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-goal polo handicap, and a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book. He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita MacLeod. Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school and become a polo player. The polo set were ritzy, wild, and gloriously promiscuous. Perdita thought she'd get along with them very well.

But before she had time to grow up, Ricky's life exploded into tragedy, and Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses - and Ricky France-Lynch.

Ricky's obsession to win back his wife, and Perdita's to win both Ricky and a place as a top class polo player, take the reader on a wildly exciting journey - to the estancias of Argentina, to Palm Beach and Deauville, and on to the royal polo fields of England and the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought - a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup...

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Readers love Polo:

'This book is Jilly Cooper at her best'
'A glorious romp'
'A really good holiday escapist read'
'ABSOLUTELY terrific'
'You can't beat Jilly Cooper'


Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

Reviews

  • The world of smart women, handsome army officers, romantic school girls, lustful grooms, insecure wives... they have fire in their bellies (and generally in their groins too) and a massive appetite for life
    Nicholas Coleridge, The Sunday Times

About the author

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lives in Gloucestershire.

She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was also appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity.
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