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I. Author

II. World War II

Background Background InformationInformation

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I. Author

Life

Works

Comments


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II. World War II

Two Blocs

France Occupied

Ending

German Occupation of France

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Josephine Tey

Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896—1952),

one of the best-known and best-loved of all

crime writers, wrote mysteries under the pe

n names of Gordon Daviot and Josephine T

ey.

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As a Scottish writer and dramatist, she wrote 8 mystery novels, 6 of which feature Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard.

Much of the novels’ appeal comes from Tey's loving portrayal of traditional English country living, and life on a horse-breeding farm. By a fascinating character study, her novels are powerful combination and make for fascinating plots.



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born in Inverness, Scotland in 1896

attended the Royal Academy and later the Anstley Physical Training College in Birmingham, England, after which she taught physical education

in 1926 she began writing short stories, novels, and a successful play, Richard of Bordeaux, under the Daviot pseudonym



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successful publication of her first detective novel The Man in the Queue (1929), featuring her Scotland Yard detective Alan Grant

Her initial crime novel under the pseudonym Josephine Tey, A Shilling for Candles, was published in 1936.

died in London in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust


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Six Novels in the Alan Grant Mysteries by Tey

1. The Man in the Queue (1929)2. A Shilling for Candles (1936)

3. The Franchise Affair (1948) 4. To Love and Be Wise (1950)5. The Daughter of Time (1951)6. The Singing Sands (1952)

The Franchise Affair The Daughter of Time—for which she is still best remembered—in his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books.

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The Man in the Queue (The first book in the Alan Grant series) (1929)

A Shilling for Candles(The second book in the Alan Grant series) (1936)

The Franchise Affair(The third book in the Alan Grant series)(1948)



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To Love and Be Wise(The fourth book in the Alan Grant series) (1950)

The Daughter of Time (The fifthbook in the Alan Grant series) (1951)

The Singing Sands(The sixth book in the Alan Grant series) (1952)



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Novels

Kif: An Unvarnished History (1929)

The Expensive Halo (1931)

The Privateer (1952)

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Tey's first book An Unvarnished

History, a novel originally

published under the pseudonym

of Gordon Daviot in 1929. It is a

sad story of a young man's

downward path in the hard years

in England after WWI.



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Crime Novels By Josephine Tey

Miss Pym Disposes (1946)

Brat Farrar (1949)



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Robert Barnard remarks, “Tey's enduring fame rests on the love with which her readers regard her books.”

Unlike the usual writers of puzzle-plots she was not content with formula and managed to tell different sorts of stories in different ways. In doing so she often disregarded the conventions of the whodunit, producing books that Barnard describes as resting in the hinterlands between the crime novel and the "novel proper." "They all have crime at their heart," he notes, "but they are as far as possible from the 'body in the library' formula."

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The mystery elements are understated, which makes Brat Farr

ar one of those "hinterland" novels that defies the conventions

of the well-made detective story. Tey also plays with the twinni

ng of the two brothers Simon and Patrick, so alike and yet so di

fferent. By tipping her hand about Patrick's identity at the nove

l's opening Tey reduces the traditional whodunit element, but

by reversing the character types she increases the novel's impa

ct. — Robert Barnard

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World War II (the Second World War) was a global

conflict that began on July 7, 1937 in Asia and

September 1, 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945,

involving the majority of the world's countries and

every inhabited continent.

II.II. World War World War IIII


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It was the most extensive and expensive armed

conflict in the history of the World. Attributed in

varying degrees to the Treaty of Versailles, the Great

Depression, nationalism, and militarism, the causes

of the war are a matter of debate.

Others argue that the two world wars are one conflict

separated only by a "ceasefire".



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Fighting occurred across the Atlantic Ocean, in

Western and Eastern Europe, in the Mediterranean

Sea, Africa, the Middle East, in the Pacific and South

East Asia, and it continued in China.

In Europe, the war ended with the surrender of

Germany on May 8, 1945 (V-E and Victory Days), but

continued in Asia until Japan surrendered on August

15, 1945 (V-J Day).



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Approximately 57 million people died as a result of the wa

r, including acts of genocide such as the Holocaust, the Ra

pe of Nanking, and General Ishii Shiro's Unit 731 experime

nts in Pingfan. As a case of total war, it involved the "home

front" and bombing of civilians to a new degree. Atomic w

eapons, jet aircraft, and RADAR were only a few of many w

ar-time inventions.


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The belligerents of the Second World War are usually

considered to belong to either of the two blocs: the

Axis and the Allies.

The Axis Powers consisted primarily of Germany,

Italy, and Japan, which split the Earth into three

spheres of influence under the Tripartite Pact of

1940.

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Among the Allied powers, the "Big Three" were the

United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United

States. The independent dominions and colonies of

the British Empire, Brazil, Canada, France, etc. were

also counted among the Allies.



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The end of World War II—Two Blocs.

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France was invaded on May 10, 1940 ending the Phony War and beginning the Battle of France.

In the first phase of the invasion, German bypassed the Maginot Line and split the Allies into two by driving to the English Channel.

Then German forces invaded France dominious, and created the Vichy France puppet government.

II. World War II. World War II—France II—France OccupiedOccupied


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Allied forces stationed in Italy invaded the French

Riviera on August 15 and linked up with forces from

Normandy. On August 25, the Allies captured Paris.

II. World War II. World War II—II—France OccupiedFrance Occupied

The end of World War II—France Occupied.

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The end of the war was also seen as the end of

Britain's position as a global superpower and the

emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union

as the dominant powers in the world. Friction had

been building up between the two before the end of

the war, and, with the collapse of the Nazi Germany,

relations spiraled downward. The Cold War had

begun.

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The end of World War II—Ending.

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France image

II. World War II. World War II—II—German German Occupation of Occupation of FranceFrance


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Courance, 61 km south of Paris, is described as ‘one of the lovliest gardens in France’. Its good design sense used to prevail all over European comfortable domestic gardens. In the Second World War, it was occupied by the Germans from 1947 to 1954.

The park underwent further restoration after 1948.

Chateau de Courance


II. World War II. World War II—II—German German Occupation of FranceOccupation of France

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The original memorial (photo on the right) depicted a

digger about to bayonet a German eagle in memory of

the recapture of the village from the Germans in “the

finest single feat of the war” described by a British

general in the First World War .

However, during their occupation of France in the

Second World War, it was destroyed by German

soldiers.



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After the Second World War, the villagers rebuilt this

striking memorial. It depicts a 2.5m digger in battle

dress and stands in the village of Mont St. Quentin.


The end of World War II—German Occupation of France.

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