Polo: The lavish and racy classic from Sunday Times bestseller Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper

Dec 2010 · Random House

About this ebook

In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch, who is 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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'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

Ratings and reviews

This has to be the best, most cherished book i've ever had the pleasure to read. And read it I have, over 100 times. Each time is just as exciting, tear jerking and funny. By the end all the characters are like friends. Absolutely fantastic.

been reading these for 30 years, just love them like an old pair of slippers. now gone digital because my old paperbacks are beginning to fall apart.

Fun for anyone who loves england, loves horses and enjoys tongue in cheek.

About the author

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.