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The Daughter of Time

By Josephine Tey

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The Daughter of Time

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The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. The "Daughter of Time" title is a quotation from the work of Sir Francis Bacon: "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." Alan Grant, Scotland Yard Inspector, is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. His actress friend, Marta Hallard, suggests that he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grant's interest in human faces. The portrait of King Richard III intrigues him. He prides himself on being able to read a person's character from his appearance and King Richard seems to him a gentle, kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer? With the help of other friends and acquaintances, Grant investigates Richard's life and the case of the Princes in the Tower, testing out his theories on the doctors and nurses who attend to him. Grant spends weeks pondering historical information and documents with the help of Brent Carradine, a likeable young American researcher for the British Museum. Using his detective's logic, he concludes that the claim of Richard being a murderer is a fabrication of Tudor propaganda, as is the popular image of the King as a monstrous hunchback.. Josephine Tey was the adopted pen name of Mackintosh who was born in Inverness to Colin Mackintosh and Josephine in 1896. She attended Inverness Royal Academy and then Anstey Physical Training College in Birmingham. She taught physical training at various schools in England and Scotland, but in 1926, she had to return to Inverness to care for her invalid father and began her career as a writer. Josephine was her mother's first name and Tey was the surname of an English grandmother.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
122
Release Date:
2013-09-04
Publication Date:
2013-09-04
Publisher:
Important Books
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
8087888200
Weight:
191 g
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