Josephine Tey's Golden Age

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Something happened to the Scottish writer during WW2 that made her want to write mysteries again. This is the fourth episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War. Visit shedunnitshow.com/josephineteysgoldenage for more details. Thanks to my guest, Jennifer Morag Henderson. You can find out more about her work at jennifermoraghenderson.com and pre-order the new edition of Josephine Tey: A Life at all good booksellers. There are no spoilers in this episode. Books referenced: — The Man in the Queue by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey — A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey — The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey — The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey — Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey — Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey — Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey — To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey — The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/josephineteysgoldenagetranscript. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. The original music for this series, "The Case Of The Black Stormcloud", was created by Martin Zaltz Austwick. Find out more about his work at martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com. Links to Blackwell’s are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell’s is a UK bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, I'm Jack Greenlich.
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0:15.0	Jack wears the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones, enjoying his favourite music,
0:20.0	with more immersive sounds than ever before.
0:23.0	Wow, the music's just everything, isn't it?
0:25.0	Search Bose headphones.
0:27.0	Bose, sound is power.
0:30.0	Music
0:38.0	Welcome to She Done It.
0:40.0	I'm Caroline Crampton.
0:42.0	Music
0:52.0	This is another episode of Queens of Crime at War, a series looking at what the best writers
0:58.0	from the Golden Age of Detector fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.
1:05.0	So far in this series, we've spent time with writers who mostly saw out the war in London or in the south of England.
1:12.0	And while the UK's capital city does loom large in the literary history of the time,
1:17.0	it's by no means the only place of interest to the curious crime-fiction fan.
1:22.0	And that's why today we're heading north.
1:25.0	To a city on the edge of the Scottish Highlands, we're one of the most fascinating and elusive writers of the Golden Age,
1:31.0	spent the years of World War II.
1:35.0	She is, of course, Josephine Tay.
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