John Welcome (1914–2010)
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(eng) John Welcome is a pseudonym for John Needham Huggard Brennan
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The Dick Francis Complete Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1989) — Editor & Contributor — 34 kappaletta
Great Scandals of Cheating at Cards 5 kappaletta
Best Crime Stories — Toimittaja — 3 kappaletta
Red coats galloping 2 kappaletta
Mr Merston's Hounds 2 kappaletta
Best Secret Service Stories 2. 1 kappale
Best motoring stories 1 kappale
Infamous occasions: Being an examination of some famous racing scandals and sensations down the ages (1980) 1 kappale
Best Crime Stories 2 1 kappale
Beware of midnight 1 kappale
Best Legal Stories — Toimittaja — 1 kappale
Best Smuggling Stories 1 kappale
Cheating at cards; the cases in court 1 kappale
Mr.Merston's money 1 kappale
Best Spy Stories 1 kappale
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- 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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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.… (lisätietoja)