Reviews

"There is an element of "Seabiscuit" in the story of Helle Nice, the fearless French woman who raced the best drivers of the 1930s and won over her countrymen with her breathtaking skill and charm. And of course Nice's story, brilliantly told by Miranda Seymour, is highly relevant today, when women such as Indianapolis 500 driver Sarah Fisher are trying to break through in what has always been a man's sport."
-Sam Posey, Grand Prix driver and author of "Playing with Trains"
Advance Praise from the UK
"Even if you have never thrilled to the drone of powerful cars jockeying for position on a racetrack, Miranda Seymour's biography of the daring female driver Helle Nice will have you riveted to your seat. . . A dazzling portrait."
--Pamela Norris, "Literary Review""
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"Spine-tingling . . . Seymour excels in conveying the wider social-historical context . . . and also the visceral excitement of racing in a Bugatti"
--Christopher Silvester, "Sunday Times"
"Ý"The Bugatti Queen"¨ is superb on the spectacle and allure of the track, and on what the sport is all about -- death and, on the way, sex and speed."
--Tom Payne, "Daily Telegraph"
"Seymour writes with an elegance and verve her subject would have appreciated . . . ÝAn¨ inspiring rediscovery."
--Alan Judd, "Spectator""
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"Brings alive the energy, excitement and viciousness of the racing circuit, and Helle's constant struggle to remain part of a world dominated by rich men"
--"Observer""
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"What a life! Helene Delangle was not just the best woman racing driver in Europe between the wars, she was a life-force, exuberant and irrepressible . . . ÝMiranda Seymour¨ scrupulouslydocuments the speculative passages, while creating a narrative which captures the helter-skelter gaiety of Helene's career."
--Christopher Hudson, "Daily Mail"

"There is an element of "Seabiscuit in the story of Helle Nice, the fearless French woman who raced the best drivers of the 1930s and won over her countrymen with her breathtaking skill and charm. And of course Nice's story, brilliantly told by Miranda Seymour, is highly relevant today, when women such as Indianapolis 500 driver Sarah Fisher are trying to break through in what has always been a man's sport."
-Sam Posey, Grand Prix driver and author of "Playing with Trains
Advance Praise from the UK
"Even if you have never thrilled to the drone of powerful cars jockeying for position on a racetrack, Miranda Seymour's biography of the daring female driver Helle Nice will have you riveted to your seat. . . A dazzling portrait."
--Pamela Norris, "Literary Review"
"Spine-tingling . . . Seymour excels in conveying the wider social-historical context . . . and also the visceral excitement of racing in a Bugatti"
--Christopher Silvester, "Sunday Times
"["The Bugatti Queen] is superb on the spectacle and allure of the track, and on what the sport is all about -- death and, on the way, sex and speed."
--Tom Payne, "Daily Telegraph
"Seymour writes with an elegance and verve her subject would have appreciated . . . [An] inspiring rediscovery."
--Alan Judd, "Spectator"
"Brings alive the energy, excitement and viciousness of the racing circuit, and Helle's constant struggle to remain part of a world dominated by rich men"
--"Observer"
"What a life! Helene Delangle was not just the best woman racing driver in Europe between the wars, she was a life-force, exuberant and irrepressible . . . [Miranda Seymour] scrupulously documents thespeculative passages, while creating a narrative which captures the helter-skelter gaiety of Helene's career."
--Christopher Hudson, "Daily Mail