Josephine Tey — The Daughter of Time with Jennifer Morag Henderson

Considered one of the greatest crime novels of all time, Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time flipped 450 years of British history on its head by re-examining Richard III’s purported involvement in the murder of his two young nephews, the Princes in the Tower. How did a shopkeeper’s daughter-turned-high-school gym teacher become one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of mystery, literary fiction and theatrical plays? Tey’s biographer, Jennifer Morag Henderson, joins us to discuss the double life that allowed Tey to rocket to stardom while also flying under the radar in her home town of Inverness, Scotland.

Mentioned in this episode:

Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

Kif: An Unvarnished History by Josephine Tey

The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

Claverhouse by Josephine Tey

Richard of Bordeaux by Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey: A Life by Jennifer Morag Henderson

Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots by Jennifer Morag Henderson

Jofrid Gunn by Jennifer Morag Henderson

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers