John Welcome (1914–2010)
Autor(a) de The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) John Welcome is a pseudonym for John Needham Huggard Brennan
Obras de John Welcome
The Dick Francis Complete Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1991) — Contribuinte; Editor — 34 cópias
Great Scandals of Cheating at Cards 5 cópias
Best Crime Stories — Editor — 3 cópias
Mr Merston's Hounds 2 cópias
Red coats galloping 2 cópias
Best motoring stories 1 exemplar(es)
Best Secret Service Stories 2. 1 exemplar(es)
Best Spy Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Snaffles: Life and Work of Charlie Johnson Payne, 1884-1967 by John Welcome (1987-10-08) (1867) 1 exemplar(es)
Infamous occasions: Being an examination of some famous racing scandals and sensations down the ages (1980) 1 exemplar(es)
Best Crime Stories 2 1 exemplar(es)
Beware of midnight 1 exemplar(es)
Best Legal Stories — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Best Smuggling Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Cheating at cards; the cases in court 1 exemplar(es)
Mr.Merston's money 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Welcome, John
- Nome de batismo
- Brennan, John Needham Huggard
- Data de nascimento
- 1914-06-14
- Data de falecimento
- 2010-09-30
- Local de enterro
- St. Ibar’s Cemetery, Crosstown, Wexford, Ireland
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ireland
- Locais de residência
- Drinagh, County Wexford, Ireland
- Educação
- Sedbergh School, Cumbria, England
Oxford University (Exeter College) - Ocupação
- Solicitor
- Organizações
- Wexford Racecourse (Chairman)
Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee
Turf Club - Pequena biografia
- Born in Wexford to a Protestant family, Brennan was educated at an English public school and Oxford where he read law. He was not an assiduous student, associating with the 'horsy' set in richer colleges and developing his life-long interest in the Turf. Soon after qualification as a solicitor the Second World war started and he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. In 1942 his parents died in a house fire and Brennan was released from the army to take over his father's legal practice in Ireland. He took up writing, under the pen name of John Welcome, to relieve the tedium of the country solicitor's life.
- Aviso de desambiguação
- John Welcome is a pseudonym for John Needham Huggard Brennan
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 45
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 244
- Popularidade
- #93,239
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 52
- Idiomas
- 1
Alas, as a picker of other people's stories, he is not quite the master.
This collection does indeed have some excellent stories, but, oy, some are just irritating and/or depressing.
In other words, probably every reader will like some and dislike others, so I guess my recommendation is, borrow it, don't buy it -- at least until you decide if you like more than you dislike.
Certainly there are plenty of stories to choose from. It's a fairly large collection, and Sturgeon's Law does NOT apply.… (mais)