56 results on '"Josephine Tey"'
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2. El caso de Betty Kane
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Josephine Tey
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- 2022
3. La señorita Pym dispone
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Josephine Tey
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- 2022
4. The Singing Sands
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Josephine Tey
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- 2020
5. The Daughter of Time
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Josephine Tey
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- 2013
6. Sabbie che cantano
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Josephine Tey
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- 2013
7. L'uomo in coda
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Josephine Tey
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- 2013
8. To Love and Be Wise
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Josephine Tey
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- 2012
9. Englische Krimis: Die besten Detektivgeschichten : Kriminalfälle von Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Detektiv Jack Tarling, Detektivin Gryce, Inspektor Chaney, Detektivin Dora Myrl
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Josephine Tey, G. K. Chesterton, Paul Rosenhayn, Joseph Smith Fletcher, David Christie Murray, Anna Katharine Green, R. Austin Freeman, Edmund Edel, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Josephine Tey, G. K. Chesterton, Paul Rosenhayn, Joseph Smith Fletcher, David Christie Murray, Anna Katharine Green, R. Austin Freeman, Edmund Edel, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, and Walther Kabel
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In'Englische Krimis: Die besten Detektivgeschichten'erwartet den Leser eine sorgfältig kuratierte Sammlung herausragender literarischer Werke, die das Herzstück der englischen Kriminal- und Detektivliteratur bilden. Diese Anthologie spannt den Bogen von den spannungsgeladenen Erzählungen Arthur Conan Doyles bis hin zu den psychologisch tiefgründigen Geschichten Josephine Teys und bietet somit einen umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen literarischen Stile und technischen Entwicklungen innerhalb des Genres. Die Vielfalt der enthaltenen Erzählstile - vom klassischen Rätselkrimi bis zum Thriller - spiegelt die reiche Tradition und die stetigen Innovationen dieses faszinierenden literarischen Feldes wider. Die Autoren dieser Sammlung sind nicht nur Zeugen ihrer Zeit, sondern auch prägende Stimmen in der Entwicklung des Krimigenres. Von den atmosphärischen Londoner Nebeln, die Conan Doyle in seinen Sherlock Holmes-Geschichten heraufbeschwört, über Collins'meisterhafte Handhabung der Spannung bis hin zu den intrigenreichen Plots eines Edgar Wallace, repräsentieren diese Schriftsteller eine Epoche, in der die englische Detektivgeschichte ihre markantesten und bleibenden Werke hervorbrachte. Ihre Geschichten spiegeln die gesellschaftlichen, historischen und kulturellen Kontexte wider, in denen sie entstanden sind, und bereichern somit das Verständnis des Lesers für das Genre. Diese Anthologie ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle Liebhaber der Kriminalliteratur und für jene, die einen tiefgehenden Einblick in die Evolution des englischen Detektivromans erhalten möchten.'Englische Krimis: Die besten Detektivgeschichten'bietet die seltene Gelegenheit, innerhalb eines einzigen Bandes eine breite Palette von Perspektiven, Stilen und Themen zu erforschen. Der Leser wird eingeladen, sich auf ein literarisches Abenteuer einzulassen, das gleichermaßen bildend wie unterhaltend ist und den Dialog zwischen den Werken der verschiedenen Autoren auf spannende Weise fördert.
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- 2024
10. Englische Meisterdetektive - Ausgewählte Krimis : Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Detektiv Jack Tarling, Detektivin Gryce, Inspektor Chaney, Detektivin Dora Myrl
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Josephine Tey, G. K. Chesterton, Paul Rosenhayn, Joseph Smith Fletcher, David Christie Murray, Anna Katharine Green, R. Austin Freeman, Edmund Edel, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Josephine Tey, G. K. Chesterton, Paul Rosenhayn, Joseph Smith Fletcher, David Christie Murray, Anna Katharine Green, R. Austin Freeman, Edmund Edel, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, and Walther Kabel
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In'Englische Meisterdetektive - Ausgewählte Krimis'vereinen sich die brillantesten Köpfe der englischen Kriminalliteratur, um ein Panorama spannungsgeladener, clever konstruierter Geschichten zu präsentieren. Diese Anthologie spiegelt eine Zeit wider, in der das Detektivgenre seine formative Phase durchlief und klassische literarische Techniken mit den zunehmend rätselhaften Elementen des Verbrechens verschmolzen wurden. Von den nebelverhangenen Straßen Londons bis zu den ländlichen Geheimnissen Englands bieten die Werke von Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace bis hin zu Anna Katharine Green eine beispiellose Vielfalt an Stilen und Herangehensweisen, die das Genre prägten und weiterentwickelten. Die Autoren dieser Sammlung, darunter sowohl die Pioniere als auch die versteckten Juwelen der Kriminalliteratur, teilen eine gemeinsame Begabung: das Vermögen, den Leser mit scharfsinnigem Verstand und packenden Erzählungen zu fesseln. Ihre Werke reflektieren nicht nur die sozialen und kulturellen Strömungen ihrer Zeit, sondern beeinflussten auch nachhaltig die Entwicklung des Detektivromans. Diese sorgfältig kuratierte Auswahl ermöglicht es, die vielschichtigen Persönlichkeiten und literarischen Stile kennenzulernen, die das Herz der englischen Krimiliteratur ausmachen. Den Lesern wird mit'Englische Meisterdetektive - Ausgewählte Krimis'eine einzigartige Gelegenheit geboten, sich auf eine fesselnde Entdeckungsreise zu begeben, die durch differente Interpretationen von Verbrechen und Gerechtigkeit führt. Dieser Band lädt dazu ein, die hohe Kunst des kriminalliterarischen Erzählens zu erkunden und sich von den unterschiedlichsten Erzählweisen und -strukturen inspirieren zu lassen. Ein Must-Have für jeden Liebhaber des englischen Kriminalromans, das zum Nachdenken anregt und die Phantasie anstachelt, während es das Erbe einiger der bedeutendsten Autoren dieses fesselnden Genres ehrt.
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- 2024
11. 20 britische Krimi-Klassiker : Sherlock Holmes, Blinde Liebe, Der Frosch mit der Maske, Tochter der Zeit, Der geheime Garten
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Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Josephine Tey, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Ernest William Hornung, Edmund Edel, David Christie Murray, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Josephine Tey, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Ernest William Hornung, Edmund Edel, David Christie Murray, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, and Joseph Conrad
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Die Sammlung'20 britische Krimi-Klassiker'vereint eine exquisite Auswahl an Erzählungen, die das goldene Zeitalter der britischen Kriminalliteratur repräsentieren. Diese Anthologie hebt nicht nur die Vielfalt und die literarische Qualität dieses Genres hervor, sondern auch die unterschiedlichen narrativen Techniken und thematischen Ansätze, mit denen die Autoren die Leserschaft fesseln. Von den deduktiven Fähigkeiten eines Sherlock Holmes, erschaffen von Arthur Conan Doyle, bis zu den psychologisch tiefgründigen Erzählungen eines Joseph Conrad, bietet diese Sammlung einen umfassenden Überblick über die Entwicklungen und die Breite des britischen Krimis, die ihn zu einem unverzichtbaren Bestandteil der Weltliteratur gemacht haben. Die Autoren hinter diesen Geschichten sind nicht nur Meister ihres Fachs, sondern waren auch Wegbereiter und Innovatoren, die die Grenzen des Krimigenres erweiterten. Ihre Werke reflektieren nicht nur die sozialen und moralischen Fragen ihrer Zeit, sondern sind auch fest im literarischen Kanon verankert, was ihnen einen dauerhaften Wert verleiht. Diese Sammlung bringt somit nicht nur vielfältige Erzählformen zusammen, sondern auch ein kulturelles und historisches Panorama, das zur Vertiefung des Verständnisses des Genres einlädt.'20 britische Krimi-Klassiker'ist somit eine unerlässliche Lektüre für alle Krimiliebhaber und Literaturinteressierten, die einen tiefen Einblick in die Entwicklung und die Facettenreichtum des britischen Kriminalromans gewinnen möchten. Diese Anthologie bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, durch die Augen einiger der größten Geister der Literaturgeschichte zu blicken und eine Welt voller Spannung, Intrigen und meisterhafter Erzählkunst zu entdecken. Leser werden ermutigt, sich auf diese literarische Reise zu begeben, um die Tiefe und Vielfalt eines Genres zu erleben, das bis heute weltweit Leser fesselt.
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- 2024
12. Mord und Rätsel in der englischen Idylle - 20 Britische Kriminalromane : Späte Rache, Blinde Liebe, Der Frosch mit der Maske, Tochter der Zeit, Der geheime Garten
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Edgar Wallace, G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Ernest William Hornung, Edmund Edel, David Christie Murray, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Edgar Wallace, G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Smith Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Ernest William Hornung, Edmund Edel, David Christie Murray, and Matthias McDonnell Bodkin
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In'Mord und Rätsel in der englischen Idylle - 20 Britische Kriminalromane'verschmelzen die einzigartigen Stimmen von zwölf renommierten Autorinnen und Autoren zu einem faszinierenden Panorama des klassischen britischen Kriminalromans. Diese sorgfältig zusammengestellte Sammlung präsentiert die literarische Vielfalt des Genres durch eine Palette an erzählerischen Stilen – vom atmosphärischen Mysterium über geschickte Detektivgeschichten bis hin zu packenden Thrillern. Indem sie sowohl bekannte Meisterwerke als auch verborgene Juwelen der Literatur umfasst, bietet die Anthologie eine eindrucksvolle Darstellung der kulturellen und sozialen Landschaft des Vereinigten Königreichs im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Die Autoren und Autorinnen, die in dieser bemerkenswerten Sammlung vertreten sind, spiegeln ein breites Spektrum an literarischen Stilen und thematischen Schwerpunkten wider. Ihre Werke sind nicht nur Ausdruck der individuellen künstlerischen Vision jedes Schriftstellers, sondern stehen auch im Zusammenhang mit den literarischen Bewegungen ihrer Zeit. In ihrer Gesamtheit bildet die Anthologie eine lebendige kulturelle und literarische Szene ab, die das Genre des Kriminalromans maßgeblich geprägt hat. Durch das Zusammenbringen dieser unterschiedlichen Stimmen entsteht ein vielschichtiges Bild, das Einblick in die gesellschaftlichen Strukturen und Herausforderungen einer vergangenen Epoche gibt.'Mord und Rätsel in der englischen Idylle'ist somit eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle, die sich für die Genese und Entwicklung des britischen Kriminalromans interessieren. Sie lädt ein, die fesselnden Erzählungen zu erkunden und gleichzeitig einen tieferen Einblick in die vielfältigen literarischen Ausdrucksformen und die historischen Kontexte, welche diesen Werken zugrunde liegen, zu gewinnen. Die Anthologie bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, sich mit den vielschichtigen Facetten des britischen Krimis auseinanderzusetzen und durch diese literarische Reise ein umfassendes Verständnis für ein Genre zu entwickeln, das bis heute Leserinnen und Leser weltweit begeistert.
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- 2024
13. The Daughter of Time. Illustrated
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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- Kings and rulers--Fiction, Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction
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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. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of inspector Grant, 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.
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- 2024
14. Miss Pym Disposes. Illustrated
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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In Miss Pym Disposes, Josephine Tey presents a gripping psychological mystery set in an English girls'physical training college. The story follows Miss Lucy Pym, a former schoolteacher turned bestselling psychologist, who is invited to give a lecture at the college. Initially, she is charmed by the atmosphere and the students, but when an unfortunate accident leads to a deeper investigation, Miss Pym finds herself drawn into the complexities of human behavior and morality. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, Miss Pym must use her psychological insights to uncover the truth behind a seemingly innocent but increasingly sinister situation. Tey's sharp exploration of character, combined with a slowly building sense of foreboding, creates an engaging and intellectually stimulating mystery. This illustrated edition adds a visual dimension to Tey's rich narrative, enhancing the immersive experience. Miss Pym Disposes is a standout novel in classic detective fiction, offering a unique blend of mystery, ethics, and human nature. A must-read for fans of psychological thrillers and intricate character-driven plots.
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- 2024
15. Brat Farrar. Illustrated
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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In Brat Farrar, Josephine Tey weaves a compelling tale of deception, identity, and family secrets. The story begins when a mysterious young man named Brat Farrar arrives in England, claiming to be the long-lost heir to the Ashby family fortune. Having been coached to impersonate Patrick Ashby, who was presumed dead years earlier in a tragic accident, Brat takes on the role with surprising ease. But as he becomes entangled in the lives of the Ashby family, he begins to question his own motivations and the dark undercurrents surrounding Patrick's disappearance. Tey masterfully crafts a suspenseful psychological drama, where the tension builds as Brat finds himself caught between his growing attachment to the family and the looming threat of exposure. As the truth unravels, questions of loyalty, identity, and guilt come to the forefront, creating a riveting mystery with twists and moral dilemmas. This illustrated edition adds depth to the atmospheric setting and vivid character portrayals, making it even more engaging for readers. Brat Farrar is a standout novel in classic mystery fiction, showcasing Tey's skill in blending human psychology with a gripping narrative, making it a must-read for fans of character-driven suspense.
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- 2024
16. Die 20 legendärsten Detektive : Sherlock Holmes, Wachtmeister Studer, Detektiv Dupin, Detektiv Gryce, Inspektor Lecoq, Father Brown
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Friedrich Glauser, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katharine Green, Edgar Allan Poe, Émile Gaboriau, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Paul Rosenhayn, Edmund Edel, Balduin Groller, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, Louis Weinert-Wilton, Friedrich Glauser, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katharine Green, Edgar Allan Poe, Émile Gaboriau, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Paul Rosenhayn, Edmund Edel, Balduin Groller, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, and Louis Weinert-Wilton
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In'Die 20 legendärsten Detektive'vereint eine sorgfältig kuratierte Auswahl an Geschichten die Höhepunkte und versteckten Juwelen der Detektivliteratur in einem Band. Diese Sammlung erstreckt sich über verschiedene Zeitalter und Kulturen, von den nebelverhangenen Straßen des viktorianischen Londons bis zu den rätselhaften Verbrechen des europäischen Kontinents, und präsentiert ein Kaleidoskop an literarischen Stilen. Die Zusammenstellung zeigt nicht nur die Entwicklung des Detektivgenres durch die Zeit, sondern auch dessen Fähigkeit, soziale, psychologische und moralische Fragen aufzuwerfen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdienen dabei Werke von Autoren wie Edgar Allan Poe, dem Begründer der modernen Kriminalliteratur, und Arthur Conan Doyle mit seinen zeitlosen Sherlock Holmes-Geschichten, die jeweils in ihrer eigenen Weise das Rätselgenre geformt haben. Die Anthologie zeichnet sich durch die Diversität ihrer Autoren aus, deren Lebenswege und literarische Karrieren sich auf die eine oder andere Weise mit dem Detektivgenre verknüpft haben. Von den frühen Werken eines Edgar Allan Poe bis hin zu den komplexen Erzählstrukturen eines Wilkie Collins vereinen diese Autoren einen gemeinsamen Nenner: die Leidenschaft für das Mysterium und die Entschlüsselung des Unbekannten. Ihre Werke reflektieren die sozialen und historischen Kontexte ihrer Zeit und tragen somit zu einem tieferen Verständnis der Entwicklung des Detektivromans bei. Durch den Zusammenklang dieser vielfältigen Stimmen bietet die Sammlung eine umfassende Perspektive auf das Genre und seine Fähigkeit, die menschliche Natur zu ergründen.'Die 20 legendärsten Detektive'ist eine unentbehrliche Sammlung für jeden Literaturbegeisterten und bietet einen einzigartigen Einblick in die Welt der Detektivgeschichten. Durch das Eintauchen in diese Anthologie eröffnet sich dem Leser die Möglichkeit, die Spannweite und Tiefe des Genres zu erkunden, angefangen bei den Ursprüngen bis hin zu dessen Auswirkungen auf die zeitgenössische Literatur. Diese Sammlung lädt dazu ein, in die faszinierenden Geheimnisse und die intellektuelle Stimulation einzutauchen, die nur die beste Detektivliteratur bieten kann. Die Anthologie ist somit nicht nur eine Hommage an die Großmeister des Genres, sondern auch ein Fenster zu den vielfältigen Welten, die sie geschaffen haben.
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- 2024
17. Historische Verbrechensfälle: Spannende Kriminalgeschichten aus der Vergangenheit
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Josephine Tey, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Jodocus Temme, Friedrich Schiller, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Max Eyth, Clara Viebig, Selma Lagerlöf, Arthur Conan Doyle, Karl von Holtei, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Jakob Wassermann, Robert Louis Stevenson, Levin Schücking, Walther Kabel, Artur Landsberger, Hugo Bettauer, Arthur Achleitner, Ricarda Huch, Josephine Tey, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Jodocus Temme, Friedrich Schiller, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Max Eyth, Clara Viebig, Selma Lagerlöf, Arthur Conan Doyle, Karl von Holtei, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Jakob Wassermann, Robert Louis Stevenson, Levin Schücking, Walther Kabel, Artur Landsberger, Hugo Bettauer, Arthur Achleitner, and Ricarda Huch
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Die Anthologie'Historische Verbrechensfälle: Spannende Kriminalgeschichten aus der Vergangenheit'versammelt eine außergewöhnliche Kollektion von Erzählungen, die tief in die dunklen und rätselhaften Ecken der menschlichen Geschichte eintauchen. Diese Sammlung verbindet die Werke bedeutender Autoren wie Josephine Tey, E. T. A. Hoffmann und Arthur Conan Doyle mit denen weniger bekannter, aber ebenso faszinierender Stimmen, um ein breites Spektrum an literarischen Stilen und Perspektiven zu bieten. Von den nebelverhangenen Straßen des viktorianischen Londons bis hin zu den dramatischen Ereignissen an europäischen Königshöfen spiegeln diese Geschichten sowohl die Vielfalt der historischen Epochen als auch die einzigartigen Ansätze der Autoren wider, die diese vergangenen Welten zum Leben erwecken. Die beitragenden Autoren, von weltbekannten Schriftstellern zu versteckten Juwelen der Literaturgeschichte, bringen ihre individuellen Hintergründe und literarischen Meisterschaften in diese Anthologie ein. Ihre Werke, die über verschiedene Zeiten und Orte verteilt sind, offenbaren nicht nur tiefgründige Einblicke in historische Begebenheiten und kulturelle Kontexte, sondern führen den Leser auch durch die Entwicklung des Kriminalgenres. Die Breite der Erfahrungen und literarischen Bewegungen, von der deutschen Romantik bis hin zum schwedischen Realismus, verleiht jedem Text eine eigene Farbe und trägt dazu bei, ein facettenreiches Bild von Verbrechen und deren Aufklärung in verschiedenen Epochen zu zeichnen.'Historische Verbrechensfälle: Spannende Kriminalgeschichten aus der Vergangenheit'ist eine unverzichtbare Sammlung für jeden Liebhaber der Literatur und Geschichte sowie für Fans des Kriminalgenres. Die Anthologie lädt dazu ein, die fesselnden Geschichten zu entdecken, die nicht nur durch ihre spannenden Handlungen, sondern auch durch ihren historischen Hintergrund fesseln. Sie bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, eine Reise durch die Zeit zu unternehmen und dabei die Vielfalt literarischer Darstellungen von Verbrechen zu erkunden, die den Leser inspirieren und bereichern wird.
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- 2024
18. 20 Meisterdetektive und ihre kniffligsten Mordfälle : Die Kriminalfälle für Sherlock Holmes, Wachtmeister Studer, Detektiv Dupin, Detektiv Gryce, Inspektor Lecoq, Father Brown
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Friedrich Glauser, Edgar Wallace, Edmund Edel, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katharine Green, Edgar Allan Poe, Émile Gaboriau, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Paul Rosenhayn, Balduin Groller, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, Louis Weinert-Wilton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, Friedrich Glauser, Edgar Wallace, Edmund Edel, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katharine Green, Edgar Allan Poe, Émile Gaboriau, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Paul Rosenhayn, Balduin Groller, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Walther Kabel, and Louis Weinert-Wilton
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Die Anthologie'20 Meisterdetektive und ihre kniffligsten Mordfälle'versammelt eine exzeptionelle Auswahl an Kriminalgeschichten, die von einigen der bedeutendsten Autoren des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts verfasst wurden. Diese Sammlung zeichnet sich durch ihren literarischen Reichtum und die Vielfalt der darin vertretenen Erzählstile aus, von Arthur Conan Doyles meisterhafter Logik bis hin zu Edgar Allan Poes Atmosphäre des Unheimlichen. Solch eine facettenreiche Zusammenstellung ermöglicht es, die Entwicklung des Detektiv- und Kriminalgenres nachzuvollziehen und dessen unterschiedliche nationale Ausprägungen und stilistische Besonderheiten zu erkennen, was diese Anthologie zu einem wertvollen Zeugnis der Literaturgeschichte macht. Die Beitragenden dieser Sammlung, darunter Namen wie Wilkie Collins, der oft als einer der Väter des Kriminalromans gilt, und Anna Katharine Green, eine der ersten weiblichen Krimi-Autoren in Amerika, spiegeln eine bemerkenswerte kulturelle und stilistische Diversität wider. Ihre Werke bieten nicht nur spannende Unterhaltung, sondern auch tiefe Einblicke in die gesellschaftlichen Zustände und moralischen Fragen ihrer Zeit. Diese Anthologie stellt daher ein bedeutendes Dokument dar, das die vielfältigen Wurzeln des Krimigenres und dessen Einflüsse auf die moderne Literatur beleuchtet.'20 Meisterdetektive und ihre kniffligsten Mordfälle'ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle Liebhaber des Kriminalgenres. Sie bietet die einzigartige Gelegenheit, in die Denkwelten und literarischen Techniken einer breiten Palette von Meistererzählern einzutauchen. Diese Sammlung fordert dazu auf, die Komplexität und den Reiz des Detektivromans neu zu entdecken und sich von der Genialität seiner Schöpfer fesseln zu lassen. Für Leser, die sich für die Ursprünge und die Entwicklung des Kriminalromans interessieren, ist dieses Buch eine unerschöpfliche Quelle der Inspiration und des Vergnügens.
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- 2024
19. Alte Vergehen: Historische Krimis
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Friedrich Schiller, Josephine Tey, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Max Eyth, Clara Viebig, Selma Lagerlöf, Arthur Conan Doyle, Karl von Holtei, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Jakob Wassermann, Robert Louis Stevenson, Levin Schücking, Walther Kabel, Artur Landsberger, Hugo Bettauer, Arthur Achleitner, Ricarda Huch, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Jodocus Temme, Friedrich Schiller, Josephine Tey, Alexandre Dumas, Wilkie Collins, Max Eyth, Clara Viebig, Selma Lagerlöf, Arthur Conan Doyle, Karl von Holtei, Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Jakob Wassermann, Robert Louis Stevenson, Levin Schücking, Walther Kabel, Artur Landsberger, Hugo Bettauer, Arthur Achleitner, Ricarda Huch, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Jodocus Temme
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Die Anthologie'Alte Vergehen: Historische Krimis'versammelt eine außergewöhnliche Auswahl an Werken, die die fesselnde Verbindung zwischen historischer Fiktion und Kriminalliteratur ausloten. Mit Beiträgen von literarischen Größen wie Friedrich Schiller, Alexandre Dumas und Arthur Conan Doyle, sowie weniger bekannten, aber gleichermaßen talentierten Schriftstellern wie Clara Viebig und Ricarda Huch, bietet diese Sammlung eine vielschichtige Erkundung von Verbrechen und Gerechtigkeit durch die Jahrhunderte. Von mittelalterlichen Intrigen zu den finsteren Gassen des viktorianischen Londons, deckt diese Kollektion ein breites Spektrum literarischer Stile ab und beleuchtet die Zeitlosigkeit menschlicher Laster und Tugenden durch die Linse des Krimi-Genres. Die Autoren und Autorinnen, die in dieser Sammlung vertreten sind, bringen eine reiche Vielfalt an Hintergründen, kulturellen Perspektiven und literarischen Bewegungen mit, wodurch'Alte Vergehen'zu einem facettenreichen Einblick in die Geschichte des Krimi-Genres wird. Die Einbeziehung von Werken aus verschiedenen Epochen ermöglicht es den Lesern, die Entwicklung kriminalistischer Motive und Techniken sowie die sich wandelnde Darstellung von Moral und Gerechtigkeit zu verfolgen. Diese Anthologie legt Zeugnis ab von der universellen Faszination für das mysteriöse und das Makabre, die über kulturelle und zeitliche Grenzen hinweg besteht.'Alte Vergehen: Historische Krimis'ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle, die sich für die Schnittstellen zwischen Geschichte, Literatur und Kriminologie interessieren. Sie bietet nicht nur Unterhaltung und Spannung, sondern auch tiefgehende Einblicke in die menschliche Natur und die gesellschaftlichen Konstrukte von Recht und Ordnung. Diese Sammlung lädt die Leser ein, sich auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Jahrhunderte zu begeben, auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit in ihren vielfältigsten Formen. Hier wird nicht nur die Liebe zur Geschichte geweckt, sondern auch zur literarischen Kunst, die mit jeder Seite zum Nachdenken anregt und zum Weiterspinnen der Geschichten motiviert.
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- 2024
20. The Classic of British Literature. Illustrated : The Canterbury Tales, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Daughter of Time
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Geoffrey Chaucer, John Bunyan, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Mary W. Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Josephine Tey, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Bunyan, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Mary W. Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, and Josephine Tey
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- English fiction
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British literature is literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. Contents: Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress William Shakespeare. Sonnets Frances Bacon. The New Atlantis John Milton. Paradise Lost Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities Walter Scott. Ivanhoe Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray H. G. Wells. Time Machine Virginia Woolf. The Voyage Out George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time
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21. The Man in the Queue
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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A clever mystery classic from one of Britain's greatest and most original crime writers In the packed queue for a popular West End Theatre in 1920s London, the crowd surges forward as the doors open at last... But as they do so, one of their number falls to the ground - a man, stabbed in the back with a stiletto while people jostled for position in the throng. There is nothing in the man's clothes or wallet to identify him, and nothing in his pockets but a revolver... Who is he and who killed him before melting away unseen into the night? Inspector Alan Grant investigates, and soon is engaged in a breathless manhunt that will lead him from London all the way to the Scottish highlands and back, before the mystery is finally resolved in a way that not even he can anticipate.
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- 2023
22. Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time, Джозефина Тэй. Дочь времени
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Josephine Tey, Джозефина Тэй, Josephine Tey, and Джозефина Тэй
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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. This bilingual edition is an intriguing solution for those wishing to learn Russian and English. Изучать русский и английский языки путем увлекательного чтения с высоким интеллектуальным тонусом поможет эта книга билингва Джозефины Тэй «Дочь времени». Герой романа — полицейский Алан Грант, который, оказавшись временно прикованным к кровати, расследует убийство племянников английского короля Ричарда III. Грант, который увлекался тем, что по фотографиям мог многое сказать о характере человека, решил изучить принесённые его подругой, Мартой Халлард, репродукции с портретов людей, с которыми связана какая-то тайна. Среди них его привлекает изображение короля Ричарда III, за которым в истории закрепилась слава злодея, тирана, деспота и убийцы своих племянников — принцев Эдуарда и Ричарда. По версии, опубликованной в 1990 году британской Ассоциацией писателей-криминалистов (CWA), книги «100 лучших детективных романов всех времён», «Дочь времени» является лучшим произведением жанра криминальный роман. Перевод Дмитрия Кабацкого. 1. Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time 2. Джозефина Тэй. Дочь времени Andrii Ponomarenko © Ukraine — Kyiv 2023
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- 2023
23. Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time, Джозефіна Тей. Донька часу
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Josephine Tey, Джозефіна Тей, Josephine Tey, and Джозефіна Тей
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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. This bilingual edition is an intriguing solution for those wishing to learn Ukraine and English. Вивчати українську та англійську мови шляхом захоплюючого читання з високим інтелектуальним тонусом допоможе ця книга білінгва Джозефіни Тей «Донька часу». Алан Грант, детектив Скотленд-Ярду, в погоні за черговим злочинцем провалився у льох. Знаходячись на лікарняному ліжку, він вивчає пор трети людей, чиє життя було окутане таємницею, і серед них — вбивці невинних дітей, тирана та деспота — Річарда III. Одні вважають його святим, інші — потворю. Треті думають, що таким повинен бути вели кий суддя. А старша сестра лікарні переконана, що це обличчя людини, яка багато страждала. Якщо довіряти портрету — Річард III не схожий на вбивцю. Тоді, якщо він не вбивав своїх племінників, чому ж він увійшов в історію як потвор ний злодій? І що ж насправді сталося з принцами? За версією, опублікованою в 1990 році британською Асоціацією письменників-криміналістів (CWA) книги «100 найкращих детективних романів усіх часів», «Дочка часу» є найкращим твором жанру кримінальний роман. Переклад Дмитра Кабацького. 1. Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time 2. Джозефіна Тей. Донька часу Andrii Ponomarenko © Ukraine — Kyiv 2023
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- 2023
24. Kif. An Unvarnished History : 'The Boy Stepped Into the Chill Dark of the Winter Morning''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
25. The Singing Sands : 'Something Between a Sport and a Religion''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
26. The Franchise Affair : 'It Was Not Even Likely That His Telephone Would Ring''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
27. Miss Pym Disposes : 'A Bell Clanged. Brazen, Insistent, Maddening''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
28. Brat Farrar : 'Ostensibly, She Was Going to Tell Them the News''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
29. The Daughter of Time : 'I Seem to Be Bringing the Proverbial Coals''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
30. To Love and Be Wise : 'Anyone but an Actress Would Have Known That''
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Elizabeth MacKintosh was born on the 25th July 1896 in Inverness, Scotland.After attending Inverness Royal Academy and then the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington, Birmingham she taught physical training at schools throughout England and Scotland.In 1923, she returned to Inverness to care for her invalid mother. She stayed after her mother's death later that year to keep house for her father. It was now that she began her literary career and first published in The Westminster Gazette in 1925, under the pseudonym Gordon Daviot. She continued to write and publish in periodicals until, in 1929, her first novel ‘Kif: An Unvarnished History'was published to good reviews followed, three months later, by her first mystery novel, ‘The Man in the Queue'. Despite her good fortune and talents her mind was set on writing a play that would receive a West End run. ‘Richard of Bordeaux', under the Daviot pseudonym, made its debut in 1932 at the Arts Theatre.In all she completed about a dozen one-act plays and a dozen full-length plays, many with biblical or historical themes, and all with the Daviot pseudonym. Only four of these plays were produced.Perhaps her best-known books all involve the Scotland Yard Inspector, Alan Grant, and required yet another pseudonym. This time Josephine Tey.She was intensely private, and during the last months of her life, when she knew she was terminally ill, she avoided all of her friends. Elizabeth Mackintosh died from liver cancer on 13th February 1952 in London. She was 55.
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- 2023
31. Daughter of Time
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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The classic historical mystery about Richard III and the Princes in the Tower - voted the Best Crime Novel of All Time by the CWA'As interesting and enjoyable a book as you will meet in a month of Sundays'Observer Who really killed the princes in the tower? Was Richard III truly the ogre of legend and Shakespeare's play? A wicked uncle who murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England? Inspector Alan Grant is not so sure. Laid up in hospital with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with unravelling this most enduring of historical mysteries. As he investigates with the help of an enthusiastic young American scholar, he unearths long-buried intrigues and comes to a startling conclusion.
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- 2023
32. Las arenas cantarinas
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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De baja por fatiga mental, nuestro elegante inspector Alan Grant, de Scotland Yard, viaja rumbo a Escocia para disfrutar de unas fugaces vacaciones en la granja de su prima Laura. Sus planes no van más allá de pescar en compañía de su primo pequeño Pat, experto en cebos monstruosos, tomarse la obligada «copita de antes de cenar» con Laura y su marido Tommy o esquivar con disimulo a las variopintas candidatas solteras que su prima acostumbra a hacer desfilar ante él. Sin embargo, en el tren nocturno que lo conduce a su retiro, un hombre aparece muerto en un vagón. Tentado por las enigmáticas líneas de un poema garabateadas por el difunto en un periódico, Grant no duda en zambullirse en este inesperado caso, cuyo rastro lo conducirá hasta las remotas Hébridas Exteriores y más allá de los confines de la gris Britania. No hay médico ni nervios que puedan frenar el instinto policial de este afable y certero inspector.
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- 2023
33. Delphi Complete Works of Josephine Tey (Illustrated)
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Josephine Tey, Delphi Classics, Josephine Tey, and Delphi Classics
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The Scottish novelist and playwright Josephine Tey, pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh, wrote popular detective novels praised for their warm and engaging style. They feature the indefatigable Inspector Grant, whose cases often involve the darker side of humanity, as Tey's works fashioned a bridge between the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and contemporary crime novels. Her masterpiece ‘The Daughter of Time'sees Grant investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower. It went on to win the prestigious distinction of being the greatest crime novel of all time, as judged by the Crime Writers'Association, even eclipsing the works of Doyle, Sayers, Chandler and Christie. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Tey's complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tey's life and works• Concise introductions to the major texts• All 11 novels, with individual contents tables• Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts• Rare newspaper sketches appearing for the first time in digital publishing, representing Tey's first printed works• Excellent formatting of the texts• 18 plays, including the seminal drama ‘Richard of Bordeaux'• Rare plays never digitised before• Includes Tey's rare non-fiction book ‘Claverhouse'– available in no other collection• Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Inspector Alan Grant BooksThe Man in the Queue (1929)A Shilling for Candles (1936)The Franchise Affair (1948)To Love and Be Wise (1950)The Daughter of Time (1951)The Singing Sands (1952) Other NovelsKif (1929)The Expensive Halo (1931)Miss Pym Disposes (1946)Brat Farrar (1949)The Privateer (1952) The SketchesSketches from ‘The Westminster Gazette'The PlaysRichard of Bordeaux (1932)The Laughing Woman (1934)Queen of Scots (1934)Cornelia (1946)The Little Dry Thorn (1946)Leith Sands and Other Short Plays (1946)Valerius (1948)Dickon (1953)The Pomp of Mr. Pomfret (1954)Patria (1954)The Balwhinnie Bomb (1954)The Pen of My Aunt (1954)The Princess who Liked Cherry Pie (1954)Lady Charing is Cross (1954)Sweet Coz (1954)Reckoning (1954)Barnharrow (1954)The Staff-Room (1954) The Non-FictionClaverhouse (1937) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
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- 2023
34. Patrick ha vuelto
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Los Ashby son terratenientes ingleses dedicados a la cría de caballos. Llevan una vida apacible capitaneada por la tía Bee, tutora de sus cuatro sobrinos tras el fallecimiento de su hermano y su nuera. El dolor por la pérdida de los padres y por la desaparición de un sobrino mellizo en extrañas circunstancias parece ya superado por días llenos de buena armonía familiar. Pero el mundo de los Ashby da un vuelco completo cuando un extraño llamado Brat Farrar llega al pueblo asegurando ser Patrick, el mellizo desaparecido. Él, unos minutos mayor que su hermano Simon, se convertiría en el heredero universal de la fortuna de los Ashby. El enredo está servido y más que bien sazonado, porque sabemos desde el principio que Brat Farrar es un impostor guiado por alguien cercano a la familia.
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- 2022
35. Un chelín para velas
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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La famosa actriz Christine Clay aparece muerta en una aislada playa de la costa británica. Un nuevo caso para el inspector Alan Grant, el gran personaje de Josephine Tey. En una playa aislada cerca del pequeño pueblo de Westover, el cuerpo sin vida de Christine Clay, famosa actriz británica, aparece en la orilla al amanecer. El encantador Inspector Alan Grant, de Scotland Yard, se pone a investigar de inmediato a los sospechosos: un experto en cotilleos de celebrities, un joven arruinado que pasaba unos días en la casa de campo de Christine, el marido aristócrata de la actriz o su hermano, un tunante que siempre ha vivido del cuento. Grant contará, en este caso, con la ayuda de la intrépida Erica Burgoyne, hija del comisario de policía local y exitosa detective amateur. Adaptada al cine por Alfred Hitchcock como Inocencia y juventud, Un chelín para velas es un brillante misterio salpicado de psicología, sutil humor y personajes estrafalariamente británicos.
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- 2022
36. El hombre en la cola
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Londres, años treinta. Una larga cola frente al teatro Woffington espera impaciente para ver la comedia musical del momento. De pronto, un hombre cae al suelo apuñalado por la espalda. Ni el estado de shock de la señora Ratcliffe, testigo más próxima a la víctima, ni el té en el camerino de la encantadora Ray Marcable, estrella del musical, parecen arrojar luz al caso. Y sin embargo nuestro intuitivo inspector Alan Grant ya tiene a su culpable: se trata de Jerry Lamont, mejor amigo de la víctima, un hombre de aspecto extranjero que huyó de la cola y cuya pista se sitúa ahora en un pueblecito de las Tierras Altas escocesas. Con su traje de pesca en la maleta a modo de camuflaje, Grant se sube al primer tren rumbo a Escocia dispuesto a cazar a su asesino. Pero no es oro todo lo que reluce, y puede que este caso tenga algún que otro cabo suelto que atar (y más de un prejuicio a desterrar).
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- 2022
37. Classic Collection of Josephine Tey. Illustrated : The Man in the Queue, A Shilling for Candles, The Franchise Affair, To Love and Be Wise, The Daughter of Time and Others
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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- Police--England--London--Fiction, Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction
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Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. 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. Contents: 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
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- 2022
38. Amar y ser sabio
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Una exclusiva fiesta de artistas no es precisamente el plan ideal de Alan Grant, Inspector de Scotland Yard. Él es más de meriendas con apacibles tazas de té y buena conversación. Pero cuando su amiga, la actriz Marta Hallard, le pide que la acompañe a la velada literaria de la famosa escritora Lavinia Fitch, no puede negarse. Y, una vez allí, queda impresionado, igual que el resto de invitados, con el enigmático e increíblemente hermoso Leslie Searle, un joven fotógrafo norteamericano que ha sido invitado a pasar el fin de semana en la casa de campo de Lavinia, en el pequeño pueblo de Salcott St. Mary, refugio de buena parte del artisteo londinense del momento. Allí desaparecerá, pocos días después, el apuesto Leslie sin dejar rastro. ¿Ahogamiento en el río? ¿Suicidio? ¿Asesinato a manos de alguna admiradora campestre? ¿O quizá el atractivo fotógrafo simplemente ha decidido evaporarse?
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- 2021
39. La hija del tiempo
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Postrado en una cama de hospital, el inspector Alan Grant se aburre mortalmente. Ni las anémonas de la señora Tinker, su ama de llaves, ni el ruibarbo estofado de la enfermera Darroll logran animarlo. Pero un día llega su amiga, la actriz Marta Hallard, con una vieja postal de Ricardo III, y Grant queda fascinado por su enigmático rostro. Ese no es el rostro de un monstruo jorobado, ni del supuesto asesino de niños que cuentan los libros de historia. Con la ayuda del joven y enamoradizo Brent Carradine, investigador del Museo Británico, Grant se zambulle en la Inglaterra de la guerra de las Dos Rosas, en pleno siglo xv, para desentrañar uno de los misterios más oscuros de la monarquía británica: ¿mató Ricardo III a sus sobrinos, los Príncipes de la Torre, para hacerse con el trono?
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- 2020
40. The Singing Sands : Inspector Allan Grant #6
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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- Police--Great Britain--Fiction, Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction
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On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland, however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about the stones that walk and the singing sand, which send him off on a fascinating search into the verse's meaning and the identity of the deceased. Grant needs just this sort of casual inquiry to quiet his jangling nerves, despite his doctor's orders. But what begins as a leisurely pastime eventually turns into a full-blown investigation that leads Grant to discover not only the key to the poem but the truth about a most diabolical murder.
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- 2020
41. The Franchise Affair : Inspector Allan Grant #3
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
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Robert Blair, a local solicitor, is called on to defend two women, Marion Sharpe and her mother, who are accused of kidnapping and beating a fifteen-year-old war orphan named Betty Kane. Set in Milford, the novel opens with the Sharpes about to be interviewed by local police and Scotland Yard, represented by Inspector Alan Grant (who is the protagonist of five other Tey novels). Marion calls Blair and, although his firm does not do criminal cases, he agrees to come out to their home,'The Franchise,'to look out for their interests during the questioning.
- Published
- 2020
42. The Man in the Queue : Inspector Allan Grant #1
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Police--England--London--Fiction, Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction
- Abstract
Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer—whom no one saw.
- Published
- 2020
43. The Daughter of Time : Inspector Allan Grant #5
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Abstract
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?
- Published
- 2020
44. A Shilling for Candles : Inspector Allan Grant #2
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Police--Great Britain--Fiction, English fiction--20th century, Murder--Fiction, Motion picture actors and actresses--Fiction
- Abstract
A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise.
- Published
- 2020
45. To Love and Be Wise : Inspector Allan Grant #4
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Police--Great Britain--Fiction
- Abstract
When a strikingly handsome young photographer mysteriously disappears, it's up to Inspector Alan Grant to discover whether he accidentally drowned, committed suicide, or met his death at the hands of one of his many female admirers.
- Published
- 2020
46. The Singing Sands
- Author
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories, Grant, Alan (Fictitious character)--Fiction, Police--Fiction.--Great Britain
- Abstract
Bestselling author Josephine Tey's classic final mystery featuring her best-loved character, Inspector Alan Grant, filled with “all the Tey magic and delight” and now featuring a new introduction by Robert Barnard.On sick leave from Scotland Yard, Inspector Alan Grant is planning a quiet holiday with an old school chum to recover from overwork and mental fatigue. Traveling on the night train to Scotland, however, Grant stumbles upon a dead man and a cryptic poem about “the stones that walk” and “the singing sand,” which send him off on a fascinating search into the verse's meaning and the identity of the deceased. Grant needs just this sort of casual inquiry to quiet his jangling nerves, despite his doctor's orders. But what begins as a leisurely pastime eventually turns into a full-blown investigation that leads Grant to discover not only the key to the poem but the truth about a most diabolical murder.
- Published
- 2020
47. The Man in the Queue
- Author
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Abstract
Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer—whom no one saw.A long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. London's favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open doors as hopeful theatergoers nudged their way forward. But one man, his head sunk down upon his chest, slowly sank to his knees and then, still more slowly, keeled over on his face. Thinking he had fainted, a spectator moved to help, but recoiled in horror from what lay before him: the man in the queue had a small silver dagger neatly plunged into his back. With the wit and guile that have made Inspector Grant a favorite of mystery fans, the inspector sets about discovering just how a murder occurred among so many witnesses, none of whom saw a thing.
- Published
- 2013
48. Miss Pym Disposes
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Psychological fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Women psychologists--Fiction
- Abstract
Miss Lucy Pym, a popular English psychologist, is guest lecturer at a physical training college. The year's term is nearly over, and Miss Pym -- inquisitive and observant -- detects a furtiveness in the behavior of one student during a final exam. She prevents the girl from cheating by destroying her crib notes. But Miss Pym's cover-up of one crime precipitates another -- a fatal'accident'that only her psychological theories can prove was really murder.
- Published
- 2012
49. A Shilling for Candles
- Author
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Abstract
Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead?Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact of life. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful film actress is found lying dead on the beach one bright summer's morning. Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude: death by suicide, however common, has to have a motive—just like murder…
- Published
- 2012
50. Brat Farrar
- Author
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Josephine Tey and Josephine Tey
- Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories, Impostors and imposture--Fiction, Inheritance and succession--Fiction
- Abstract
What begins as a ploy to claim an inheritance ends with the impostor's life hanging in the balance.In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the imposter's plan and his life. Culminating in a final terrible moment when all is revealed, Brat Farrar is a precarious adventure that grips the reader early and firmly and then holds on until the explosive conclusion.
- Published
- 2012
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