Frank Welsh (writer)

Frank Reeson Welsh(16 August 1931 – 23 April 2023) was a British historian, novelist and international banker.

Life and career

Welsh was born on 16 August 1931.He graduated fromMagdalene College, Cambridge,and retired after a successful banking career. He wrote extensively onimperial British history,notablyHong Kong,Australia and South Africa.

Welsh died on 23 April 2023, at the age of 91.

Bibliography

• The History of the World: from the Dawn of Humanity to the modern age.,London: Quercus, 2013.
• The Battle for Christendom: The Council of Constance, 1415, and the Struggle to Unite Against Islam,London: Constable, 2008.
• Great Southern Land: A New History of Australia,London: Allen Lane, 2004.
• The Four Nations: A History of the United Kingdom,London: HarperCollins, 2002.
• Dangerous Deceits: The Secrets of Apartheid's Corrupt Bankers,London: HarperCollins, 1999.
• South Africa: A Narrative History,New York: Kodansha America, 1999.
• A History of South Africa,London: HarperCollins, 1998.
• The Companion Guide to the Lake District,London: Companion Guides, 1997.
• A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong,New York: Kodansha America, 1993.
• A History of Hong Kong,London: HarperCollins, 1993.
• Building a Trireme,London: Constable, 1988. - on the construction of theOlympias
• Uneasy City: An Insider's View of the City of London,London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.
• Bend'Or, Duke of Westminster: A Personal Memoir,London: Robin Clark, 1985; with a foreword byAnne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster,authored with George Ridley.
• First blood: Tales of Horror from the Border Country,London: Constable, 1985.
• The Afflicted State: A Survey of Public Enterprise,London: Century Pub., 1983.
• The Profit of the State: Nationalised Industries and Public Enterprises,London: Temple Smith, 1982.