Josephine Tey

The Daughter of Time (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 321 Min.
Sprecher: Coates, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. In 1990 it was voted number one in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers' Association. Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant (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 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, kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
• Altersempfehlung: 16 bis 99 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780880048033
• Artikelnr.: 69361340

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth MacKintosh was born in Inverness in Scotland in 1896. She trained and worked as a teacher before returning to her family home to look after her elderly parents. It was there that she took up writing. Although she described her crime writing, written under the pen name, Josephine Tey, as 'my weekly knitting' she was and is recognised as a major writer of the Golden Age of Crime writing. She was also successful as a novelist and playwright, writing under the name of Gordon Daviot. Her plays were performed in London and on Broadway. A fiercely private woman, she died at her sister's home in 1952.

Rezensionen

A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable Sunday Times