Josephine Tey: A Life

by Jennifer Henderson, Val McDermid (Foreword by)

Overview

Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). Born in Inverness, MacKintosh lived several lives: Best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer Tey, she was also successful novelist and playwright Gordon Daviot. During her exceptional career, she had plays on simultaneously in the West End in London and on Broadway, and even wrote for Hollywood, all from her home in the north of Scotland.

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of MacKintosh’s birth, this updated edition of the definitive biography includes a new preface.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914518041
Publisher:	Sandstone Press
Publication date:	04/13/2022
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	504
Sales rank:	589,004
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennifer Morag Henderson’s first book, Josephine Tey, was critically acclaimed. She has published articles, short stories, and poems in magazines and anthologies, and her plays have been performed by the National Theatre of Scotland’s Five Minute Theatre and elsewhere.

Val McDermid is one of Britain’s most popular authors and a winner of the Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, where she lives.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 125^th Anniversary Edition xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

Foreword Val McDermid xix

Introduction: A Mystery Writer 1

Part 1 1896-1923: Elizabeth MacKintosh 13

1 'With Mr & Mrs Mackintosh's Compliments' 15

2 Bessie 29

3 Secondary Schooldays, up until 1914 40

4 War, and first year at Anstey 55

5 Anstey's second year, and teaching 72

Part 2 1924-1945: Gordon Daviot 89

6 Josephine, and Hugh Patrick Eraser 91

7 Short Stories and First Two Novels 110

8 The Expensive Halo, 'Ellis' and Invergordon 127

9 Richard of Bordeaux 141

10 The Laughing Woman 156

11 Queen of Scots 171

12 Hollywood and Josephine Tey 184

13 Claverhouse 200

14 The Second World War 216

Part 3 1946-1952; Josephine Tey 233

15 The Citizens Theatre 235

16 Miss Pym Disposes 250

17 Amateur Dramatics, Valerius and The Franchise Affair 264

18 The Malvern Festival and Brat Farrar 275

19 To Love and Be Wise 289

20 You Will Know the Truth 305

21 Bath's Will, and Plays 321

22 The Singing Sands 334

Conclusion 353

Notes to the Text 359

Image Credits 402

Select Bibliography 403

Index 415