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Henry Cecil (1) (1902–1976)

Autor de Brothers in Law

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38+ Obras 988 Miembros 10 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos

Series

Obras de Henry Cecil

Brothers in Law (1955) 100 copias
Much in Evidence (1957) 67 copias
Friends at Court (1956) 60 copias
Sober as a Judge (1958) 57 copias
Daughters in Law (1961) 53 copias
Settled Out of Court (1959) 50 copias
Alibi for a Judge (1960) 47 copias
No Bail for the Judge (1952) 44 copias
According to the Evidence (1954) 44 copias
Ways and Means (1900) 41 copias
Independent Witness (1963) 40 copias
Unlawful Occasions (1900) 33 copias
The Painswick Line (1951) 31 copias
A Woman Named Anne (1967) 27 copias
The Asking Price (1966) 25 copias
Full Circle (1958) 25 copias
Natural Causes (1953) 25 copias
Portrait of a Judge (1968) 22 copias
No Fear or Favour (1968) 20 copias
Tell You What I'll Do (1969) 20 copias
Brief Tales from the Bench (1968) 19 copias
Fathers in Law (1965) 16 copias
The Buttercup Spell (1901) 14 copias
Hunt The Slipper (1977) 14 copias
Brief to Counsel (1958) 13 copias
The English Judge (1970) 12 copias
Cross Purposes (1976) 10 copias
Truth With Her Boots On (1974) 10 copias
Not such an ass (1996) 9 copias
Tipping the scales (1964) 8 copias
The Wanted Man (2008) 5 copias
Learn About English Law (1974) 4 copias
Just within the law (1975) 3 copias

Obras relacionadas

The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales (1967) — Contribuidor; Autor, algunas ediciones47 copias
A book of shorter stories (1962) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Best Legal Stories 2 (1970) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Best Legal Stories — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contribuidor — 1 copia

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre canónico
Cecil, Henry
Nombre legal
Leon, Henry Cecil
Fecha de nacimiento
1902-09-19
Fecha de fallecimiento
1976-05-23
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Norwood Green Rectory, Southall, Middlesex, England, UK
Ocupaciones
judge
fiction writer

Miembros

Reseñas

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

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Obras
38
También por
6
Miembros
988
Popularidad
#26,060
Valoración
½ 3.4
Reseñas
10
ISBNs
183
Idiomas
1
Favorito
1

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