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Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. Her novel The Daughter of Time, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. [1]
Josephine Tey was the pen name of author Elizabeth Mackintosh, who used to write her novels under this pseudonym. She was famous for writing mystery novels during the time of World War I. She used to adopt another pseudonym of Gordon Daviot for writing interesting mystery novels.
Sep 25, 2015 · Decades After Her Death, Mystery Still Surrounds Crime Novelist Josephine Tey. Unlike Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey ignored the rules of golden-age British...
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- February 13, 1952
- July 25, 1896
- The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
- Brat Farrar.
- The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)
- The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant, #3) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard (Introduction)
Josephine Tey was a Scottish playwright and author of popular detective novels praised for their warm and readable style. A physical education teacher for eight years, Tey became a full-time writer with the successful publication of her first book, The Man in the Queue (1929). She wrote some novels.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 1, 2019 · Josephine Tey is a mystery writer in 1930s London. Book 1. An Expert in Murder. by Nicola Upson. 3.52 · 5,411 Ratings · 785 Reviews · published 2008 · 38 editions. A brilliant and original fiction debut set in the … Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Angel with Two Faces. by Nicola Upson.
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Josephine Tey has 92 books on Goodreads with 188736 ratings. Josephine Tey’s most popular book is The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5).
