Books by Anna Sewell
“As a horsey young girl, it was a wonderful book to have read to you. It was written in 1877, in the first person – ground-breaking at the time.Basically it is the memoir of a horse called Black Beauty, who starts off as a happy young colt on a farm then gets sold to pull cabs in London and isn’t treated very well, but finally ends up in a happy retirement.” Read more...
The best books on The Equestrian Life
Mary King, Sportspersons & Sportswriter
Interviews where books by Anna Sewell were recommended
The best books on The Equestrian Life, recommended by Mary King
The world championship winning horse rider Mary King, who has represented Great Britain at six Olympics from 1992 to 2012, tells us what it takes to succeed in her sport
Audrey Penn recommends her Favourite Teenage Books
Children’s author Audrey Penn picks five books she loved as a teenager – all stories of struggle in the face of adversity.
Books that Changed the World, recommended by Amanda Craig
Jane Eyre, 1984 and Anne Frank’s diary all make it onto novelist Amanda Craig’s list of books that changed the world. On Black Beauty‘s underrated importance: ‘People forget that William Wilberforce, who abolished the slave trade, also founded the RSPCA.’
