Stirling Moss Biography | Stirling Moss: The Authorised Biography

A good book about Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss: The Authorised Biography | Robert Edwards

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	• Stirling Moss: The Authorised Biography Robert Edwards Orion, 2005 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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A close-up look at one of the legends of the GP glory years.

I began to follow auto racing shortly after the 1962 accident at Goodwood that ended Moss's racing career, so I cannot say that I was ever a fan of Moss, only an admirer after-the-fact (as I also was of the German driver, Count Wolfgang von Trips). And I must admit I'm a sucker for just about any book about the pre-1970s era of Grand Prix racing.

This large, coffee-table-sized book tells Moss's story from beginning to end, not with an abundance of text, but with an abundance of photos, both black-and-white and color. Yes, there is text, but it is anecdotal rather than exhaustive or exhausting, and it does tell all we need to know about Moss's background, philosophy, personality, racing achievements, accidents, personal life, romances, and business activities.

There are many, many photos of Moss at all stages of his career, with particular attention paid to the Goodwood accident that nearly took his life, an accident that has always been shrouded in mystery and controversy. And - for the first time - some hitherto unpublished documents provide insight into what really happened on that gray day. And there is also another look at the infamous Le Mans crash that took the lives of Pierre Levegh and dozens of spectators.

My only complaint - and it is perhaps an inappropriate complaint regarding a book about Moss - is that there is too much Moss and too little of the other drivers who graced that bygone era. I would have liked to see more of Hawthorn and Fangio and Brooks and Schell and Bonnier and von Trips (althought we do see a photo insert of Trips' devastating crash at Monza). It was an era of great names and great faces and great personalities, and I would have liked the photographer's lens to range just a little bit wider.

But that is a mere quibble, and I can still recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Moss or a fan of the pre-comercialized world of GP racing. In a few more years, there won't be many who will remember what it was like.

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Stirling Moss Biography

A very interesting book if you are crazy about old clasic cars an race - a very carismatic personality:-)

A good book about Stirling Moss

I bought this book at London some weeks a go. It's good book for those of you interested in this racing legend and that racing age (which I love, by the way). It's quite detailed, because it covers his racing career and some aspects of his personal life either.

I'm not agree with the previous review in the point that, in my opinion, the book doesn't have so much pictures. It's the typical 'all text' book with some pages with pics that illustrate the full book. If I'm not wrong it doesn't have more than 10 of these pages with B&W pictures. The rest is plain text.

So a good and entertaining read. May be a bit too expensive for a paperback book, but always good for racing fans :)

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Available in a new, smaller format: the first authorized biography of the extraordinarily gifted sportsman, Stirling Moss. Moss drove professionally in nearly 500 races until his near-fatal crash in 1962, and his tally of wins was proportionally higher than any other driver's, by a wide margin. His entire life and career unfold in great detail: family history and school days, his start on the track and entrance to international competition, his experience driving for Mercedes, the private races, and the crash and recovery. Because the author enjoyed free access to every aspect of Moss's life, many of the amazing stories here have never been told before. Designed by David Costa, who created The Beatles Anthology.

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