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Author: Anthony Blight, Hardbound, 496 Pages, ISBN: 9780903243018, 1st Impression, 1970 - Second-Hand book in excellent unread condition !
The life of Georges Roesch, who died in 1969, spanned the entire history of the motor industry.
He was a mechanical genius, conceiving in his youth a vision of the ideal motor car, at once efficient, reliable, easy to drive and cheap to manufacture and maintain — and as Chief Engineer to the firm of Clement Talbot he realised this ambition.
Between 1926 and 1935 Roesch Talbots were fabulously successful in every sphere, rescuing the company from bankruptcy and carrying it right through the economic depression of the early thirties.
They proved invincible in the Alpine Trials and, following the withdrawal of the Bentleys, carried the flag for Britain in international motor racing, demonstrating an endurance and reliability which has never since been equalled. From this brilliant beginning the story of Roesch and his Talbots ended in tragedy and waste, so that neither have ever achieved the true recognition they deserve.
It is a remarkable story, and after years of dedicated effort and intensive research Anthony Blight unfolds one of motoring's most dramatic histories. Written with authority and undoubted autienticity this work will fascinate everybody
interested in motor sport.
Anthony-Blight is a Cornishman with an enquiring mind and a wide range of interests, which include a passion for music as well as automotive engineering.
Originally destined for a naval career, he entered Dartmouth College in 1939 at the age of 13, won the King's Medal in the final examinations and between 1943 and 1945 saw active service as a midshipman in
both Home and Far Eastern waters.
When the war ended he left the navy and entered Oxford, emerging two years later with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
He then spent all his savings on a Vincent HRD motorcycle and rode away to France, working for a year on a Doctorate of Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris, but finally renouncing both doctorate and Vincent to
marry and settle in his home town of Callington, joining his father in the family legal practice.
Qualifying as a solicitor in 1953 he has since divided his out-of-office hours between his wife, children and eight Talbots.
