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Henry Cecil (1) (1902–1976)

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Henry Cecil was born near London in 1902 and was called to the bar in 1923. Later in 1949 he was appointed a County Court Judge, a position he held until 1967. He used these experiences as inspiration for his work. His books are works of great comic genius with unpredictable twists of plot which visa mer highlight the often absurd contradictions of the legal system. Cecil died in 1976. His series included: Mr. Tewkesbury, Colonel Brain and Roger Thursby. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Serier

Verk av Henry Cecil

Brothers in Law (1955) 100 exemplar
Much in Evidence (1957) 66 exemplar
Friends at Court (1956) 60 exemplar
Sober as a Judge (1958) 57 exemplar
Daughters in Law (1961) 53 exemplar
Settled Out of Court (1959) 50 exemplar
Alibi for a Judge (1960) 47 exemplar
No Bail for the Judge (1952) 44 exemplar
According to the Evidence (1954) 44 exemplar
Ways and Means (1900) 41 exemplar
Independent Witness (1963) 40 exemplar
Unlawful Occasions (1900) 33 exemplar
The Painswick Line (1951) 31 exemplar
A Woman Named Anne (1967) 27 exemplar
The Asking Price (1966) 25 exemplar
Full Circle (1958) 25 exemplar
Natural Causes (1953) 25 exemplar
Portrait of a Judge (1968) 22 exemplar
No Fear or Favour (1968) 20 exemplar
Tell You What I'll Do (1969) 20 exemplar
Brief Tales from the Bench (1968) 19 exemplar
Fathers in Law (1965) 16 exemplar
The Buttercup Spell (1901) 14 exemplar
Hunt The Slipper (1977) 14 exemplar
Brief to Counsel (1958) 13 exemplar
The English Judge (1970) 12 exemplar
Cross Purposes (1976) 10 exemplar
Truth With Her Boots On (1974) 10 exemplar
Not such an ass (1996) 9 exemplar
Tipping the scales (1964) 8 exemplar
The Wanted Man (2008) 5 exemplar
Learn About English Law (1974) 4 exemplar
The Trial of Walter Rowland (1975) 4 exemplar
Just within the law (1975) 3 exemplar

Associerade verk

The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales (1967) — Bidragsgivare; Författare, vissa utgåvor47 exemplar
A book of shorter stories (1962) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Best Detective Stories of the Year: 21st Annual Collection (1966) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Best Legal Stories 2 (1970) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Best Legal Stories — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Best Crime Stories 2 — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar

Taggad

Allmänna fakta

Vedertaget namn
Cecil, Henry
Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Leon, Henry Cecil
Födelsedag
1902-09-19
Avled
1976-05-23
Kön
male
Nationalitet
UK
Födelseort
Norwood Green Rectory, Southall, Middlesex, England, UK
Yrken
judge
fiction writer

Medlemmar

Recensioner

 
Flaggad
dntbrsnbl | 1 annan recension | Dec 30, 2020 |
Not laugh-out-loud funny, but humorous. Did all these witnesses see the accident, or do they just think they did?
 
Flaggad
ReadMeAnother | Nov 29, 2019 |
This book was very entertaining and quite a respite from fears, frights, death and destruction.
 
Flaggad
Condorena | 1 annan recension | Apr 2, 2013 |
A bit of a laugh.
 
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Condorena | Apr 2, 2013 |

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Statistik

Verk
38
Även av
6
Medlemmar
987
Popularitet
#26,088
Betyg
½ 3.4
Recensioner
10
ISBN
183
Språk
1
Favoritmärkt
1

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