She said several times that Malcollm was a fiend who was determined to destroy his children, and that I was the devil incarnate helping him. She hoped we would both rot in hell. (I thought devils and fiends might flourish there, actually.)

Directed by Tony Richardson it starred Scott Antony Judi Dench and Michael Williams. His autobiography says that he was born at his maternal grandparents' farm at Coedcanlas on the estuary of the River Cleddau roughly a mile north-west of Lawrenny. Unlike most he was hospitalized at the age of 12 when a pony fell on him and broke his jaw and nose.

Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a Britishsteeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre around horse racing in England while also featuring a variety of locations and occupations.