'Fun, sexy and unputdownable - a classic' Marian Keyes
The first of the glorious Rutshire Chronicles - reissued in a
fabulous new package for its thirtieth anniversary
Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The
author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in
Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series
was set.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire
and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print
lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024
for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.
Sex and horses: who could ask for more?
*Sunday Telegraph*
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’
*Marian Keyes*
Joyful and mischievous. I know of no woman my age who won't admit
that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for
life . . .
*Jojo Moyes*
Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is. A
heroine, an influence and a legend to half my generation of female
authors (the fun half)
*Jenny Colgan*
Jilly Cooper’s writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute,
flawlessly entertaining and a celebration of all that is the most
fun about being British
*Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES DIARY*
Exhilarating, irresistible and one of our nation’s most beloved
novels. If you’re about to read Riders for the first time, you’re
in for a joyous experience!
*Jill Mansell*
It's all here: swooning romance, skulduggery in the stables and,
yes, bonking; all set in the Cotswold countryside. Tally ho!
*Elle*
Blockbusting fiction at its best
*Mail on Sunday*
I defy anyone not to enjoy her book. It is a delight from start to
finish
*Daily Mail*
Has any book of the past 70 years given as much pleasure as
Cooper's rumpy-pumpy, show-jumping classis?
*The Times*
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