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Motorsport writer Mike Breslin’s meticulously researched new book Pieces of Silver harks back to a time when the cars of Auto Union and Mercedes - the latter the Silver Arrows as driven today by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg – were heavily supported by Germany’s Nazi government.
Breslin, whose previous novel earned him the plaudit “…could establish Breslin as motorsport’s answer to Dick Francis” (Motorsport News), has turned a lifelong interest in one of the sport’s most dramatic eras into a gripping, action-packed story of racing and war, love and betrayal.
‘DARK POLITICS'
The book follows the fortunes of a fictional British driver in a German team through some of the most dramatic, spectacular, and horrific true events of the 1930’s and the Second World War.
Explaining the motivation behind the writing, Breslin says: “I’ve always been fascinated by this particular period in the history of GP racing. It’s not just the 450kWcars and the colourful characters that raced them but also the dark politics of the time.
“For many years I’ve been intrigued by the story of Richard Seaman, the English driver who drove for Mercedes in the 1930’s. He was killed in a crash at Spa in 1939, just a few months before the war started. I’ve always wondered how his war might have turned out, what with the deals he had struck and the friends he had made.
“With that this ‘what if’ book was born.”
OTHER BRESLIN BOOKS
Breslin is a former Formula Ford racer who works as a freelance writer. He’s published two other books: The Unfair Advantage (fiction, 2000) and The Track Day Manual (non-fiction, 2008). Click here for more on Mike Breslin.
Pieces of Silver is out now and is available as a large format paperback (420-pages) from selected bookshops. It will also be available as an ebook soon.
Pieces of Silver is published by Pie Shop Publishing.
