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John Welcome (1914–2010)

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Includes the name: John Welcome

Erotteluhuomautus:

(eng) John Welcome is a pseudonym for John Needham Huggard Brennan

Tekijän teokset

The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1990) — Editor & Contributor — 59 kappaletta
The Dick Francis Complete Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1989) — Editor & Contributor — 34 kappaletta
Run for Cover (1963) 20 kappaletta
The New Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1992) — Editor & Contributor — 17 kappaletta
Stop at Nothing (1959) 14 kappaletta
Best Secret Service Stories (1960) — Toimittaja — 8 kappaletta
Grand National (1976) 8 kappaletta
Go for Broke (1983) 6 kappaletta
Best Secret Service Stories 2 (1965) 4 kappaletta
Best crime stories. 4 (1971) — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Best Crime Stories — Toimittaja — 3 kappaletta
Royal Stakes (1993) 2 kappaletta
Best Secret Service Stories 3 (1967) 2 kappaletta
Best gambling stories (1961) 2 kappaletta
Bellary Bay (1979) 2 kappaletta
Red coats galloping 2 kappaletta
Mr Merston's Hounds 2 kappaletta
A Call to Arms (1985) 2 kappaletta
Best Legal Stories 2 (1970) — Toimittaja — 2 kappaletta
Best Spy Stories (1967) 1 kappale
"Snaffles" on Hunting (1989) 1 kappale
On the Stretch (1969) 1 kappale
Best Legal Stories — Toimittaja — 1 kappale
Wanted For Killing (1965) 1 kappale
Best Crime Stories 3 (1968) — Toimittaja — 1 kappale
Best Spy Stories 1 kappale
The Racing Man's Bedside Book (1969) — Toimittaja — 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
Welcome, John
Virallinen nimi
Brennan, John Needham Huggard
Syntymäaika
1914-06-14
Kuolinaika
2010-09-30
Hautapaikka
St. Ibar’s Cemetery, Crosstown, Wexford, Ireland
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
Ireland
Asuinpaikat
Drinagh, County Wexford, Ireland
Koulutus
Sedbergh School, Cumbria, England
Oxford University (Exeter College)
Ammatit
Solicitor
Organisaatiot
Wexford Racecourse (Chairman)
Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee
Turf Club
Lyhyt elämäkerta
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.
Erotteluhuomautus
John Welcome is a pseudonym for John Needham Huggard Brennan

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Dick Francis is the author of some of the greatest stories available to the reading public -- especially stories about or relevant to horse racing.
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.
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morrisonhimself | Aug 9, 2023 |
Possibly written with financial backing from Bentley Motor Company.
You would need to actively want to indulge in dated thrillers to start this book. John Welcome was an Irish lawyer whose hobbies were fox-hunting and racehorses and driving around the south of France.
From "The Times Literary Supplement", reviewing this book:
"Mr Welcome stirs all these ingredients up with the utmost relish and keeps the action going at such a pace that only the austerest of thriller readers will find it in their hearts to quarrel with such agreeable nonsense."
From "Evening News":
"Good swift adventure...plenty of thick-ear stuff, romance, and a pretty girl".
The silly plot features attempts to seize a formula to enhance race-horse performance. How the hero (one, Simon Herald) becomes involved is tenuous, but it is the writer's entry to display his knowledge of driving a Bentley, his familiarity with the road maps of Provence and how to dish out a bit of biff to the dastards when necessary. All ends with the villain (the evil Jason) and his Ferrari tumbling off the road edge of Mont Ventoux along with the formula.
Can you spare the time to read this? I could, but a few precious hours of life slipped away in doing so.
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ivanfranko | Oct 19, 2021 |
-- A CALL TO ARMS is an expansive book about war & relationships. Story unfolds in Ireland, London, & Kenya. Kit & Hugo share the surname Massiter but Andrew isn't Kit's father. When Andrew disowns Kit the younger man supports himself by racing horses & flying. Novel contains horses, whiskey, buffalo, aircraft, & a happy ending. --
 
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MinaIsham | Aug 4, 2012 |

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