In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch who is moody macho & magnificent He had a large crumbling estate a nine-goal polo handicap & a beautiful wife who was fair game for anyone with a cheque book He also had the adoration of fourteen-year-old Perdita Mac Leod Perdita couldn't wait to leave her dreary school & become a polo player The polo set were ritzy wild & gloriously promiscuous Perdita thought she'd get along with them very well But before she had time to grow up Ricky's life exploded into tragedy & Perdita turned into a brat who loved only her horses
- & Ricky France-Lynch Ricky's obsession to win back his wife & Perdita's to win both Ricky & a place as a top class polo player take the reader on a wildly exciting journey
- to the estancias of Argentina to Palm Beach & Deauville & on to the royal polo fields of England & the glamorous pitches of California where the most heroic battle of all is destined to be fought
- a match that is about far more than just the winning of a huge silver cup