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I read this years ago and really enjoyed it. Yet another twist on the mystery of the Princes. Very cool way to tell the story.
I didn't care about the mystery....but I liked the investigator so I'll try more of "his" books.
I love historic fiction and this novel certainly had a fascinating way of bringing history to life. Inspector Grant is stuck in bed with a broken leg and gets horribly bored, so instead of giving into the boredom he decides to solve a murder, a very old one.
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An outstanding book.. brilliant in every sense of the word. May not appeal to all but the concept, the prose and the progress is true genius.
It may be my inadequate familiarity with the history involved, but I found it very hard to get invested in this book.
The Daughter of Time is a mystery book, yet not the type of mystery book I am accustomed too. Inspector Alan Grant from Scotland Yard is recuperating from a broken leg. While he is in the hospital one of his friends brings in portraits of famous mysteries. Yet he is not fascinated by any of them except for the one portrait that he first thinks is a picture of a person of credit then finds out that it is a 'known' murderer.
This is the first book I have read by Josephine Tey. I enjoyed the book. I found myself at times getting confused by all the names of the Princes and Queens since the names were either the same with just numbers after them.
The Daughter of Time was interesting and I found myself wanting to know the truth about Richard III and also when Inspector Alan Grant would be up and moving again.
This is the first book I have read by Josephine Tey. I enjoyed the book. I found myself at times getting confused by all the names of the Princes and Queens since the names were either the same with just numbers after them.
The Daughter of Time was interesting and I found myself wanting to know the truth about Richard III and also when Inspector Alan Grant would be up and moving again.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Blew my mind. Wept
Very thought provoking!! This book was either exceptionally well - researched or it is the product of a brilliant mind. I'm not sure that there is an in-between on this. I'm leaning toward both. I love books that inspire me to do further research, and this one was definitely one of them!
Could Shakespeare (who was definitely a Tudor sympathizer, for lack of a better word) have gotten more than just the physical appearance of Richard iii wrong (as we now know definitively that Richard did not have a hunchback)? Was Richard innocent of the crime of murdering his nephews, the ill-fated princes in the tower? The hypothesis that the author presents, and the facts (?) that are used to support it strongly suggest that it was Henry vii and NOT Richard that was behind one of history's greatest mysteries, and it would certainly seem that he stood to benefit more from their deaths.
Also intriguing is the whole concept of what our hero, Inspector Grant, comes to universally call "Tonypandy"-the changing of history to fit the needs of the storyteller, regardless of the facts.
This book is an easy read that I could not put down, on top of being immensely thought-provoking and completely enjoyable. If you enjoy a good mystery and/or historical fiction, read this book!!!
Could Shakespeare (who was definitely a Tudor sympathizer, for lack of a better word) have gotten more than just the physical appearance of Richard iii wrong (as we now know definitively that Richard did not have a hunchback)? Was Richard innocent of the crime of murdering his nephews, the ill-fated princes in the tower? The hypothesis that the author presents, and the facts (?) that are used to support it strongly suggest that it was Henry vii and NOT Richard that was behind one of history's greatest mysteries, and it would certainly seem that he stood to benefit more from their deaths.
Also intriguing is the whole concept of what our hero, Inspector Grant, comes to universally call "Tonypandy"-the changing of history to fit the needs of the storyteller, regardless of the facts.
This book is an easy read that I could not put down, on top of being immensely thought-provoking and completely enjoyable. If you enjoy a good mystery and/or historical fiction, read this book!!!
Interesting presentation of historical inaccuracy - the premise and the execution was well done. I'm not up on English history so I had to consult Wikipedia and more to figure out who was who, especially because there are multiple Richards/Edwards/Henrys... and sometimes they're also Dukes and then Kings or they're call Rick/Eddy/Hal.... I eventually made my own tree-of-names to keep track. I thought Tey could have reduced that confusion, even in the minor characters - for instance Nurse Ingram is The Midge, Nurse Darroll is The Amazon... Perhaps some characters were known to fans of her writing, but for me (new to Tey), the confusion frustrated me on occasion. I did, however, enjoy the discovery process and the new knowledge I now have of that time period.