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Rivals: The drama-packed sequel from Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of Riders Kindle Edition

by Jilly Cooper (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,242 ratings
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Who will take the Cotswold Crown?

Into the cut-throat world of Corinium television comes Declan O'Hara, a mega-star of great glamour and integrity with a radiant feckless wife, a handsome son and two ravishing teenage daughters. Living rather too closely across the valley is Rupert Campbell-Black, divorced and as dissolute as ever, and now the Tory Minister for Sport.

Declan needs only a few days at Corinium to realise that the Managing Director, Lord Baddingham, is a crook who has recruited him merely to help retain the franchise for Corinium. Baddingham has also enticed Cameron Cook, a gorgeous but domineering woman executive, to produce Declan's programme. Declan and Cameron detest each other, provoking a storm of controversy into which Rupert plunges with his usual abandon.

As a rival group emerges to pitch for the franchise, reputations ripen and decline, true love blossoms and burns, marriages are made and shattered, and sex raises its (delicious) head at almost every throw as, in bed and boardroom, the race is on to capture the Cotswold Crown.

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'Jilly Cooper is the very best ... elegant, glamourous, wonderful fun' Daily Mail
'I couldn't put it down' Sunday Express
'A combination of drama, sex, and good social comedy ... unputdownable' The Sunday Times

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"A combination of drama, sex and good social comedy...unputdownable"
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"It is satisfyingly long, addictive, bitchy, endearing and full of sex and hilarious one-liners"
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"All the behind-the-scenes detail of tough wheeler-dealing in the media world is both fascinating and horrifyingly convincing"
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"I couldn't put it down"
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JILLY COOPER'S outrageous new novel is a riotous story of life behind the television screen.  It marks the return of Rupert Campbell-Black, the unscrupulous hero of RIDERS, and explores the machinations and pleasures of the very rich, from the agonies of obession to the passions and betrayal of men and women used to getting what they want.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004H1TU90
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Transworld Digital (December 23, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4965 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 724 pages
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Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling novels, she lives in Gloucestershire.

She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was appointed CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

For more information visit her Facebook page @JillyCooperOfficial

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Michael G. Romkey
5.0 out of 5 stars Rivals: A highly entertaining read from an author known too little in the US
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2016
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A very entertaining read. I had to order this book from Britain. It took its sweet time getting here, but it was well wroth the wait. I'm not sure Jilly Cooper has made much of a splash in the US, which is a shame, because this Brit author is a master of the arch social novel of the upper class manners and UK media. The characters are very intelligent, very cultured, and capable of being very bitchy in the way that (one imagines) only upper-class Brits can be. Though the situations are a little unfamiliar to the American reader -- the plot revolves around a battle over the license for a television network (or stations, frankly, I'm not sure) it's nothing you can't suss out, and the business details are incidental to the backstabbing, affairs, and rivalries. "Rivals" is circa 1988, but it didn't strike me as dated as a novel about contemporary American from that period might; perhaps this is one instance where unfamiliarity with the local terms of engagement helps a bit. "Rivals" is second in the 10-book Rutshire Chronicles series, which stretch from 1995 to 2016. I shall read more, even if I have to wait for the books to ship from overseas. Fun stuff.
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Philippa
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop reading this
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022
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The second time I've read this book in a ten year span and I absolutely couldn't put it down. Sometimes I have a problem reading even 200 pages of a book. But I devoured all 800 and something pages chapter by chapter. It was fantastic. Love Taggie to pieces. Absolutely mad about Rupert. Cooper is an artiste. Perfect comedic timing. Description. Character development. And just pure British humour. Absolutely fantastic!
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Shona H
4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty going on
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2013
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I enjoyed the story, there was never a dull moment. However Jilly tends to go over the top with the number of characters in her books This one has 83. I read to relax, but trying to remember who's who gets a bit much. There is a list of characters at the start of the book, but that's slow on an e-reader. Quarter of those characters would be enough.
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Judi Lesuer-johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Rivals - One of my Favorites
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012
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This is one of my favorite Jilly Cooper novels as it's the one where Rupert meets Taggie. All of the other characters are great as usual, but, the O'Hara family is definitely 'dyslexic' as a whole.

I met Jilly Cooper for the lst time traveling in Ireland almost 20 years ago and have been a huge fan of hers ever since. I am on my second reading through all of her books, this time on my kindle, so I can refer back to Rutshire history whenever I need to! Great writer and wonderful stories and characters. I'm eagerly awaiting another book!
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Geraldine
5.0 out of 5 stars Rivals
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2011
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My first read by Jilly Cooper was Riders, which I picked up at a used book store! Can you imagine how suprised and happy I was to have "stumbled" across this great writer? Anyway, my second read Rivals was every bit as entertaining as the first! Such outrageous characters and interesting plots.
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KOD
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading for a trip overseas
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2013
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Easy light fun summer reading. Well written and great interesting characters. No problem following with interruptions, highly recommend for a trip to the beach. Enjoy!
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Aussie gal.
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2012
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My friend recommended this book to me, I really enjoyed it, I could really image the beautiful English countryside and visualize the characters. Now am on to the next one.
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tangletale
2.0 out of 5 stars Not even good trash
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023
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Full disclosure: I am only 1/4 thru the book. Florid tortured prose. Not brilliant writing, just pretending by dragging out every moment so we think there's more substance than there is. Too many characters are one dimensional, lecherous, greedy, or vacuous and we are subjected to repetitive descriptions of each character's hair, eye color, height, size, complexion, and sexiness. I got it the first time, she's a redhead, he has blue eyes, all the men want to sleep with that one. Every sartorial choice by every character is described in detail ad nauseum and the author must have stock in a perfume company because she never misses an opportunity to mention what scent each one is wearing by name brand. Ditto with every place description naming every plant in view. It doesn't even work for me as a trashy guilty pleasure read.
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J. Vance
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2023
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I love this series, the first ones anyway. I enjoyed this and couldn't wait to see how everything worked out.
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Paper Crane
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite novels of all time!
Reviewed in Australia on September 4, 2022
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I've read this book about 1000 times—never gets old, only more enjoyable. I WISH there was a sequel based only on Taggie, Rupert & their household.

My paperback edition has been read so much it's fallen apart so I bought the Kindle version—pleased to say it's well formatted and surprisingly pleasurable to read. I hope the paperback is re-released—I'd like to have a new copy for my library as this is a book well worth keeping—it's Jilly Cooper's finest imo!
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Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in Germany on November 23, 2016
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It was really enjoyable and very, very funny. Maybe a few too many characters, but otherwise a good story well told.
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joanne taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2024
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Old but gold.

This must be the fifth time I’ve read this, but first time on a kindle.
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Peter BAYER
5.0 out of 5 stars Rivals
Reviewed in Germany on April 6, 2013
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Jilly Cooper zeigt hier wieder einmal mehr, was sie so drauf hat. Der Roman ist voller Verwicklungen, durchmischt mit herrlichen Wortspielen und auch der Sex kommt bei ihr - wie üblich -nicht zu kurz.
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