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Valerie Thompson, the world's fastest female motorcycle racer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEver since we built machines that could transport us, there has been a desire to find ways to make them go faster. For some, going faster isn't enough - they want to be the fastest. This book celebrates those who have built the machines and driven them at ever greater speeds. This is \u003ci\u003eThe History of Speed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bestselling automotive writer Martin Roach tells the \u003cb\u003eextraordinary story\u003c\/b\u003e of those who have come to be\u003cb\u003e obsessed by speed\u003c\/b\u003e. From Camille Jenatzy, 'the Red Devil', who became the first man to drive at over 100kmh in 1899, through the golden age of \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Campbell and his Bluebird\u003c\/b\u003e, and on to the modern era of jet- and rocket-propelled cars, we have gone faster and faster. 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