The Daughter of Time
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Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world’s most heinous villains—a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother’s children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England’s throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower.
The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing’s most gifted masters.
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Inspector Alan Grant is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1929 with contributions by Josephine Tey, Gordon Daviot, and josephine-tey.
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This is called the best mystery book of all time, so I had to read it. Actually listen to it. It might have been better to read it physically. There were parts I got confused about the characters, but I liked it. I liked the way the mystery was taken on like a detective, knowing patterns of human nature. The evidence they lay out made sense. This made a very strong case for the red to rewrite history.
I loved how the main character investigated the centuries old mystery all from his hospital bed. This book is probably what got me interested in the Lincoln Rhyme detective series by Jeffrey Deaver.
I know I've read this book twice from the library and I've finally found a copy to add to my library.
There are plenty of detailed reviews of this book out there. I will give just a very brief synopsis.
The book opens with Police Inspector Grant in hospital after having received a serious injury while pursuing a criminal. Bored silly, he casts about for something to do and chances upon a portrait of Richard III. The portrait seems to have little resemblance to the popular image of an evil hunchback. Then, flat on his back, he uses his detecting skills to solve the 450 year old mystery of Richard III and the Little Princes in the Tower.
Good book.
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