Peter Collins and Louise King met in Florida and were married within the week. She joined him as he flew home after his racing duties were complete, in April 1957. She accompanied him around the world as part of the motor racing circus.
They were utterly inseparable from the day they met until Peter was tragically killed during the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on the 3rd August 1958, exactly 18 months from the day of their first date.
Louise took photographs and sent many letters home. These form the core of this book - Dear Family… A true motoring romance - which has been a labour of love for its author Guy Loveridge and the current custodian of Louise's papers and photographs, Chris Price.
They both hope this book bears tribute to not just Louise Collins-King, but also to her husband Peter and to Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, Luigi Musso, 'Taffy' Von Trips, Eugenio Castellotti and all of the others who raced in what was a golden, but deadly, era.
216 beautifully documented pages. Text in English.
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