tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post611973993985067282..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): A tribute to Elizabeth Mackintosh (Josephine Tey)Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90036202010069882702013-02-08T23:06:54.044-06:002013-02-08T23:06:54.044-06:00Me too. I read Daughter of Time decades ago; now ...Me too. I read Daughter of Time decades ago; now I want to read some of the other ones.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it. <br /><br />StanMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27523280845980448582013-02-08T22:50:53.335-06:002013-02-08T22:50:53.335-06:00Funny how working in libraries both makes one fami...Funny how working in libraries both makes one familiar with many authors, and ignorant of their works. I knew the name, both names she worked under, but never read any of her books. <br /><br />Until today, just finished Daughter of Time, thanks to you. I like her style, and the argument for Richard III as a good king is set out like a mathematical proof - but charmingly. I'd heard as much before, but never so cogently expressed, and as a novel. Anyway, thank you very much. I have several more of her books that I will be reading now. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51277838817955833142013-02-08T16:30:29.652-06:002013-02-08T16:30:29.652-06:00I read The Daughter of Time years ago and that def...I read The Daughter of Time years ago and that definitely influenced my thinking about Richard III. I liked the evaluation of supposed facts in light of the time, place and prejudice of the person "stating" the facts. I also liked the idea of a policeman studying an historical figure and looking at them as a possible suspect in a murder long gone cold.<br /><br />After reading Turtle's comment, I googled The Pen of My Aunt and found text for the one act play. Never having read it myself, I don't know if it is complete or just a sample, but you might try searching online for a source if you want a copy. Cathy Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19011038343548238742013-02-08T08:12:16.226-06:002013-02-08T08:12:16.226-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ron Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030823782542340978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26641343879459568212013-02-07T20:51:16.415-06:002013-02-07T20:51:16.415-06:00I loved her books, and as I have previously mentio...I loved her books, and as I have previously mentioned, she made a Ricardian out of me. Alan Grant's process really impressed me in that examining evidence and using the intellect constitute the best way to approach history. Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27420284832137820842013-02-07T16:01:42.245-06:002013-02-07T16:01:42.245-06:00She used the pseudonym Gordon Daviot for one of my...She used the pseudonym Gordon Daviot for one of my favorite one-act plays, "The Pen of My Aunt," which I have only ever seen in two places. The first time was in my 8th-grade English class textbook, a decade ago.<br /><br />The second time, when I was trying to find it again a few months ago, the only place I could find it was in a book at the main research branch of the New York Public Library, and I had to wait for it to be brought there from offsite storage and couldn't take it out of the library.<br /><br />Why has such a good play nearly vanished from... the literary world, or whatever you want to call it? Some of the other plays in that book were very good as well.<br /><br />It makes you wonder what else is lost in the dusty stacks of some library somewhere.turtlenoreply@blogger.com