Enzo Ferrari

<p>Ferrari means red. It means racing. Excellence luxury and performance.<br><br>Less well-known is the man behind the brand.<br><br>For nearly seventy years Enzo Ferrari dominated a motor-sports empire that defined the world of high-performance cars. <br><br>Next to the Pope Ferrari was the most revered man in Italy. But was he the benign <i>padrone </i>portrayed by an adoring world press at the time or was he a ruthless despot who drove his staff to the edge of madness and his racing drivers even further?<br><br>Brock Yates's definitive biography penetrated Ferrari's elaborately constructed veneer and uncovered the truth behind Ferrari's bizarre relationships his work with Mussolini's fascists and his fanatical obsession with speed. <br><br>A fascinating and provocative book The Observer.</p>