Royal Stakes

by John Welcome

Mystery set in the 1920s. Danny investigates the doping of a horse trained by his father and find it may be connected to a plot against the king.

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

John Welcome, a pseudonym, was a lawyer by profession. His real name was John Needham Huggard Brennan.

He was educated at Sedbergh School and Oxford.

'Run for Cover' (1958) was his first novel and his early wrting included three sporting novels while he also edited Best Secret Service Stories and Best Legal Stories.

He wrote and edited 25 books including a number on the history of horse racing.

Gerry Wolstenholme
August 2010

Reviews

[Ram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Royal Stakes is an opulently mounted historical thriller, ensconced in the sepia-tinted intrigues of 1920s England — an era when the turf was not merely a sporting arena but a theatre of ambition, aristocracy, and clandestine manoeuvre. More at

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