A sister volume to First Among Champions: The Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Cars and Bugatti: A Racing History, this handsome book completes a trilogy devoted to the great motor racing marques of the 1930s and 1950s. It offers a fascinating account of the design, development and competition history of the Maserati cars, and the personalities involved, from the early years when the racing activities depended on private support through to the marque's current revival under Fiat's ownership and Ferrari's guidance.

Anthony Pritchard is a much-published writer of motor racing history, with a preference for Italian subjects. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the cars, drivers and racing of the past half century. He lives at Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire.