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The Daughter of Time
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Ideal for readers who enjoy crime and thriller novels with a historical twist, and fans of detective stories that challenge conventional narratives.
Who really killed the princes in the tower?
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Was Richard III truly the ogre of legend and Shakespeare's play—a wicked uncle who murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England?
Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is laid up in hospital with a broken leg. The novels he tries reading to pass the time all bore him, until a real-life mystery awakens his curiosity and soon turns into an obsession. Studying a portrait of the notorious Richard III, he finds himself wondering whether such a man could really have been the ogre of legend, who murdered his own nephews in his greed for power. Enlisting the help of an American scholar, Inspector Grant is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of the Princes in the Tower once and for all.
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey offers a captivating exploration into historical intrigue, questioning long-held beliefs about one of history's most infamous figures.
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Critically acclaimed as "one of the best mysteries of all time" (New York Times) and praised for being "first-rate, ably plotted and beautifully written" (Los Angeles Times), this novel is regarded as a permanent classic in detective fiction. The Observer describes it as "as interesting and enjoyable a book as you will meet in a month of Sundays," while the Sunday Times calls it "ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable."
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ISBN: 9781782278429
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 January 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Born in Inverness in 1896, Josephine Tey was a Scottish author and playwright. Tey made her mystery debut with The Man in the Queue in 1929, the book that also introduced Inspector Alan Grant. The Daughter of Time, first published in 1951, is her best known and loved work, and in 1990 was voted number 1 in the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list published by the British Crime Writers' Association.
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