The Daughter of Time
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2020-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9781479453207
Pages : 206 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (479 users)
Download or read book The Daughter of Time PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, The Daughter of Time was selected by the British Crime Writers' Association as the greatest mystery novel of all time. Alan Grant, Scotland Yard Inspector (a character who also appears in five other novels by the same author) is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of his, suggests that he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grant's interest in human faces. He becomes intrigued by a portrait of King Richard III. He prides himself on being able to read a person's character from his appearance, and King Richard seems to him a gentle and kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer?
The Daughter of Time
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1995-11-29
ISBN 10 : 9780684803869
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (684 users)
Download or read book The Daughter of Time PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-11-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hospitalized English policeman reconstructs historical evidence concerning Richard III's role in the murder of Edward IV's two sons.
Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard MEGAPACK®
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2020-09-07
ISBN 10 : 9781479458110
Pages : 1490 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (479 users)
Download or read book Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard MEGAPACK® PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Josephine Tey” was one of several pseudonyms used by Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896–1952), a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. I have chosen to release this volume under this particular pseudonym since 5 of the 6 volumes were first published under it. (She published the first book as by “Gordon Daviot,” a name she primarily used for plays with historical themes.) In five of six novels in this series, the hero is Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant. (Grant appears in a sixth, The Franchise Affair, as a minor character—but it is included here for completeness.) The most famous of these is The Daughter of Time, in which Inspector Grant, while laid up in hospital, has friends research reference books and contemporary documents so that he can puzzle out the mystery of whether King Richard III of England murdered his nephews, the Princes, in the Tower. The Daughter of Time was the last of Tey’s books to be published during her lifetime. In 1990, the British Crime Writers’ Association selected it as the greatest mystery novel of all time. One final crime novel, The Singing Sands, was found in her papers and published posthumously. It is last in this collection. If you enjoy this collection, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside MEGAPACK" to see the complete list of available titles. We have published more than 400 volumes in the series, covering mysteries, adventure, historical fiction, science fiction -- and much, much more!
The Singing Sands
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 9780099556732
Pages : 258 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (99 users)
Download or read book The Singing Sands PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been found dead. It looks like a case of misadventure - but Grant is not so sure. Teased by some enigmatic lines of verse that the deceased had apparently scrawled on a newspaper, he follows a trail to the remote Outer Hebrides. And though it is the end of his holiday, it is also the beginning of an intriguing investigation into the bizarre circumstances shrouding Charles Martin's death... 'Really first class ... a continual delight' Times Literary Supplement 'Beautifully written and insistently readable' New York Times 'Josephine Tey has always been absolutely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings' Spectator
The Inspector Alan Grant MEGAPACK®
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2020-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9781479453122
Pages : 1490 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (479 users)
Download or read book The Inspector Alan Grant MEGAPACK® PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Josephine Tey” was one of several pseudonyms used by Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896–1952), a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. In five of six novels in this series, the hero is Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant. (Grant appears in a sixth, The Franchise Affair, as a minor character—but it is included in our series list completeness.) The most famous of these is The Daughter of Time, in which Inspector Grant, while laid up in hospital, has friends research reference books and contemporary documents so that he can puzzle out the mystery of whether King Richard III of England murdered his nephews, the Princes, in the Tower. Included are: #1 The Man in the Queue #2 A Shilling for Candles #3 The Franchise Affair #4 To Love and Be Wise #5 The Daughter of Time #6 The Singing Sands If you enjoy this entry in the MEGAPACK® series, check out the 400+ other volumes, covering not only mysteries,but classics, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns, romances—and much, much more! Search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside MEGAPACK" to see the complete list of available titles.
The Man in the Queue
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Oxford City Press
Release Date : 2012-05
ISBN 10 : 1781391998
Pages : 200 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (391 users)
Download or read book The Man in the Queue PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Oxford City Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Man in the Queue" is the first case for Scotland Yard Inspector Grant who was to become the hero of five of Josephine Tey's mystery novels. Josephine Tey was in fact a pseudonym for the Scottish author Elizabeth Mackintosh. It is set in London and is concerned with a mysterious murder that is committed whilst people are queuing in front of the Woofington Theatre to see the final performance of Didn't You Know? starring Ray Marcable, the sensation of the moment. Written over 80 years ago, in 1929, this crime novel has aged amazingly well and is mostly concerned with the personalities and motivations of the characters.
Miss Pym Disposes
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 9780099556695
Pages : 258 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (99 users)
Download or read book Miss Pym Disposes PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A solicitous guest lecturer at an English women's college uses her own psychological theories to solve a campus murder case.
Brat Farrar
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : 9780099536840
Pages : 290 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (99 users)
Download or read book Brat Farrar PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family s sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick s mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of Patrick s
The Complete of Josephine Tey
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-02
ISBN 10 : 1534963405
Pages : 792 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (963 users)
Download or read book The Complete of Josephine Tey PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-02 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted greatest mystery novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990, Josephine Tey recreates one of history's most famous-and vicious-crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains-a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower. The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing's most gifted masters.
Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5: Brat Farrar
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-12-27
ISBN 10 : 019479217X
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (792 users)
Download or read book Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5: Brat Farrar PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word count 24,510 Bestseller
Collected Works of Josephine Tey. Illustrated
Author : Josephine Tey
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-21
ISBN 10 : PKEY:SMP2200000102416
Pages : 2771 pages
Rating : 4.P/5 ( users)
Download or read book Collected Works of Josephine Tey. Illustrated PDF or another Format written by Josephine Tey and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 2771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh, which was the name of her Suffolk great-great grandmother. Her novel The Daughter of Time was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower, and named as the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association. Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run. In five of the mystery novels, all of which except the first she wrote under the name of Tey, the hero is Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant. The Franchise Affair also has an historical context: although set in the 1940s, it is based on the 18th-century case of Elizabeth Canning. The Daughter of Time was the last of Tey's books published during her lifetime. Her last work, a further crime novel, The Singing Sands, was found in her papers and published posthumously. Author’s works include: • THE MAN IN THE QUEUE • A SHILLING FOR CANDLES • THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR • TO LOVE AND BE WISE • THE DAUGHTER OF TIME • THE SINGING SANDS • MISS PYM DISPOSES • BRAT FARRAR • KIF: AN UNVARNISHED HISTORY • THE EXPENSIVE HALO • RICHARD OF BORDEAUX • THE PRIVATEER
A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan
Author : C.S. Fairfax
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-05-17
ISBN 10 : 9781387592760
Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (387 users)
Download or read book A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan PDF or another Format written by C.S. Fairfax and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read through time, enjoying the good, the better, and the best books from each of the seven eras below: Year 1: Ancient History to 476 A.D. Year 2: The Middle Ages, 477 to 1485 A.D. Year 3: The Age of Discovery, 1485-1763 A.D. Year 4: The Age of Revolution, 1764-1848 A.D. Year 5: The Age of Empire, 1849-1914 A.D. Year 6: The American Century, 1915-1995 A.D. Year 7: The Information Age, 1996- Present Day At the end of seven years, repeat! A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan is a booklist compiled of hundreds of books from each era in history organized into categories of interest. This volume also includes copious room for you to add your own favorite titles!
The Detective as Historian
Author : Ray B. Browne
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2013-02
ISBN 10 : 9780879728816
Pages : 321 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (879 users)
Download or read book The Detective as Historian PDF or another Format written by Ray B. Browne and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. Topics include: Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael; Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose; Susanna Gregory’s Doctor Matthew Bartholomew; Peter Heck’s Mark Twain as detective; Anne Perry and her Victorian-era world; Caleb Carr’s works; and Elizabeth Peter’s Egyptologist-adventurer tales.
Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.
Author : Amnon Kabatchnik
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-06-20
ISBN 10 : 9781442235489
Pages : 402 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (442 users)
Download or read book Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D. PDF or another Format written by Amnon Kabatchnik and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the key representations of transgression drama produced between 480 B.C. and 1600. Arranged in chronological order, the entries consist of plot summary (often including significant dialogue), performance data (if available), opinions by critics and scholars, and other features. The plays covered in this volume will include the great ancient Greek and Roman tragedies, fifteenth century Passion plays, and dramas by Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
Murder in the Closet
Author : Curtis Evans
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2017-01-11
ISBN 10 : 9781476626338
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (476 users)
Download or read book Murder in the Closet PDF or another Format written by Curtis Evans and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the 1969 Stonewall Riots, LGBTQ life was dominated by the negative image of “the closet”—the metaphorical space where that which was deemed “queer” was hidden from a hostile public view. Literary studies of queer themes and characters in crime fiction have tended to focus on the more positive and explicit representations since the riots, while pre–Stonewall works are thought to reference queer only negatively or obliquely. This collection of new essays questions that view with an investigation of queer aspects in crime fiction published over eight decades, from the corseted Victorian era to the unbuttoned 1960s.
Read On-- Audiobooks
Author : Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 9781591588047
Pages : 145 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (591 users)
Download or read book Read On-- Audiobooks PDF or another Format written by Joyce G. Saricks and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 300 original annotations in some 60 thematic lists, this one-of-a kind compilation opens the world of audiobooks to listeners and librarians alike. * More than 300 original annotations that speak to why listeners might enjoy the selected audiobooks * Over 60 thematic lists that will entice audiobook fans, as well as those unfamiliar with the format * Indexes by author, title, narrator, and genre
100 Greatest Literary Detectives
Author : Eric Sandberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-04-12
ISBN 10 : 9781442278233
Pages : 251 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (442 users)
Download or read book 100 Greatest Literary Detectives PDF or another Format written by Eric Sandberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime fiction is one of the most popular literary genres and has been for more than a century. At the heart of almost all forms of mysteries—from the Golden Age puzzler to the contemporary police procedural, from American hardboiled fiction to the Japanese timetable mystery—is the investigator. He—or, increasingly, she—can be a private eye, a police officer, or a general busybody. But whatever forms these investigators take, they are the key element of crime fiction. Criminals and their crimes come and go, while our attention is captured by these fascinating characters who exist at the intersection of so many different literary and social roles. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives offers a selection of the most influential, important, and intriguing fictional sleuths—amateur or professional—from around the world. From Sherlock Holmes to Harry Hole, Kinsey Millhone to Kiyoshi Mitarai, the detectives profiled here give readers a broader picture of one of fiction’s most popular genres. Each entry summarizes the distinctive features of notable investigators and their approaches to crime, provides a brief outline of major features of their fictional careers, and makes a case for their importance based on literary-historical impact, novelty, uniqueness, aesthetic quality, or cultural resonance. The characters profiled here include Lew Archer, Martin Beck, Father Brown, Brother Cadfael, Adam Dalgliesh, Mike Hammer, Miss Jane Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, Kay Scarpetta, Sam Spade, Phillip Trent, V. I. Warshawski, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nero Wolfe, and many others. Readers will find some of their favorite detectives here, learn more about their literary and cultural significance, and discover other great sleuths—old and new, local and international—in this engaging volume. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives provides a fascinating look into some of the most intriguing fictional characters of all time.
