Enzo Ferrari: a Life

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Author: Richard Williams
Publisher: Random House of Canada, Limited
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 2915981

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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 356
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ISBN: 0224059858
EAN: 9780224059855
ASIN: 0224059858

Publication Date: 2002
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Book Description
The definitive biography of one of the towering figures of the 20th century.

As Chanel and Kalashnikov are to high fashion and guns, so Ferrari is to fast cars, heroic deeds and glamour. Today’s Formula One, a billion-dollar business with a vast TV audience spread across five continents, would be unthinkable without the presence of the Ferrari cars on the grid. And their unique appeal – their mystique, their myth – has its origins in the story of an old man who stopped going to races more than 30 years before he died, but who ran the team over the telephone with a dictator’s will and the cunning of a Machiavelli. Richard Williams tells the story of a man who was once one of the key figures of sport in the 20th century, and whose influence is undiminished today, more than a decade after his death.

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Not just for Ferrari Fans (like me) January 24, 2004
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This is a very well written and entertaining biography of ENZO FERRARI, who depsite the worlwide recognition of the name was never truly known outside Italy. he was as Williams, reveals a very reserved man who suffered a lot in his personal life even while builiding a company that became a legend in its own time producing cars that were - and are - works of art as well as marvels of technology. Williams traces ferrari's life form the days of his youth, his admiration for the Italian World War 1 pilot and ace Francesco Baracca form whom he borrowed the prancing horse symbol that graces his cars. ferrari became a racing driver and had some success with ALfa Romeo, until he was beaten by one of the greatest driving legends of all time, Tazio Nuvolari. Ferrari then went on to build a racing team based on Alfa Romeo cars and eventually in 1947 started to build his legendary cars.I have read many works on Ferrari cars, this book by Williams discusse the man more and his admiration and respect are evident. Perhaps more charming - at least for me - is his evident love of Italy and Itlians, and there are few products as philosophically Italian as Ferraris )or the ALfa Romeos that inspired them). Thereofer I recommend this book to those interested in intersting lives and in Italy in general.