John Verney (1913–1993)

Auteur de Friday's Tunnel

16+ oeuvres 268 utilisateurs 6 critiques 3 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

John Verney (1913-1993) was a writer, painter, and illustrator. His other military adventures in Italy are told in his book a Dinner of Herbs, also published by Paul Dry Books.

Séries

Callendar Family

Œuvres de John Verney

Populaires Récent

Friday's Tunnel (1959) 79 exemplaires

Going to the Wars (1955) 59 exemplaires

February's Road (1961) 41 exemplaires

Ismo (1964) 23 exemplaires

Samson's Hoard (1973) 18 exemplaires

Seven Sunflower Seeds (1968) 17 exemplaires

A dinner of herbs (1966) 7 exemplaires

Verney Abroad (1954) 5 exemplaires

Mad King of Chichiboo, The (1963) 4 exemplaires

School Remembered : An Anthology (1967) — Illustrateur — 4 exemplaires

Fine Day For A Picnic (1968) 3 exemplaires

Every advantage (1961) 3 exemplaires

A John Verney Collection (1989) 2 exemplaires

UNDER THE SUN. 1 exemplaire

Hunted 1 exemplaire

John Verney - A Retrospective 1 exemplaire

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Oeuvres associées

Waltons Delight (1961) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 6 exemplaires

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Partage des connaissances

Nom légal: Verney, Sir John
Date de naissance: 1913-09-30
Date de décès: 1993-02-02
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK
UK
Lieux de résidence: Farnham, Surrey, England
Clare, Surrey, England
Relations: Musgrave, Lucinda (wife)

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Critiques

Going to the Wars par John Verney

Interesting account of a soldier's experience first in the Yeomanry, and then in the special forces, in World War II. Verney seems to have a great deal of humour regarding his service, since a great deal of it went wrong, including the only special forces mission he was on. In fact, that mission went spectacularly wrong in so many respects, it's a wonder he lived to tell the tale.

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EricCostello | 1 autre critique | Aug 1, 2022 |

Friday's Tunnel par John Verney

Friday Callendar enjoys digging. He creates a tunnel deep into a hill on his family's property. An organization of foreign spies uses the tunnel to hide a dangerous element. Friday and his sister, February, stumble into this secret plot. There are many twists and turns in the story and you really don't know what's happening until the end.

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aleader | 2 autres critiques | Feb 13, 2014 |

Friday's Tunnel par John Verney

Quite an adventure, very grown up for a kids book, surprising ending.

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njcur | 2 autres critiques | Feb 13, 2014 |

Mad King of Chichiboo, The par John Verney

The Mad King of Chichiboo has the feeling of a folk tale that was told by Monty Python. A king is looking for a queen. What is most important to him is that the queen be able to fix him exactly the food he wants. He has many women come in and demonstrate their cooking abilities. They all make very fancy meals. Then one English woman fixes some unidentifiable slop but she grates a ton of cheese on top. The king loves it. "Everything is good if it is hot and has lots of grated cheese on top." He says and he makes her his queen.… (plus d'informations)

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aleader | Jan 24, 2014 |

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