Frank Welsh (writer)
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Frank Reeson Welsh(16 August 1931 – 23 April 2023) was a British historian, novelist and international banker.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Welsh was born on 16 August 1931.[2]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.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^"Hong Kong: Smoking out the truth".The Economist.12 June 1997.Retrieved26 June2011.
- ^"Welsh, Frank Reeson".WHO WAS WHO 2023.Retrieved12 May2023.
- ^"Frank Welsh".The Times.12 May 2023.Retrieved12 May2023.