A Gamble for Love (novel)

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A Gamble for Love
Author Nathaniel Gould
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSports
Publication date
1914
Media typePrint

A Gamble for Love is a 1914 sports novel by the British-Australian writer Nathaniel Gould. Like most of Gould's novels it is set in the world of horse racing.

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Film adaptation

In 1917 the novel served as a basis for the British silent film A Gamble for Love directed by Frank Wilson. [1]

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References

  1. Goble p.188

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