Derby Day Author:D. J. Taylor It's Derby Day and all of England is heading for Epsom Downs. Society beauties rub shoulders with Whitechapel street girls, as every class of society gathers with high hopes and taut nerves for the greatest race of the year. All through the winter, from London to France, plans have been laid, money exchanged, disputes begun. — And uniting the... more » destinies of old Mr. Gresham and his tigerish daughter, the rakish Mr. Happerton and his crony Captain Raff, brooding Mr. Davenant, Mr. Pardew the burglar and detective McTurk is the champion horse Tiberius. In this rich and exuberant novel, the mysteries pile high, propelling us towards the day of the great race as the story gallops to a finish no one expects.« less