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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
Overview
My Dad bought me this book about 6 months ago I think. I have no clue as to why any more. There was a reason but it has escaped me. Regardless, it is historical fiction to a point and I study History so I read it. For anyone going into this is it very much based on history and doesn't moved away from that the entire story. If you don't enjoy history, to be honest, don't bother picking this up. You will probably not like it and it will be a waste of money.
However, on the flip side, if you really enjoy history, there are parts of this you won't really care about. I did not care for the characters that much, when they were not talking about Richard I skipped it. This is part of a larger series so if I started from book 1 it would probably be different but you don't have to start from book 1. This reads perfectly fine by itself.
The Reign of Richard III is not something I am particularly knowledgeable on. Obviously the basics have stayed with me from studying the Tudors and Stuarts in Primary 5 (which was over ten years ago) when we went over Richard as background on the rise of the Tudors. Due to this, I am not sure how much of this book is accurate. What happened to the Princes/ who killed them is still debated and it probably always will be but the details in this book are not something I can vouch for. This is also the small matter of this book being 60ish years old so historical fact willhave changed since then just has a matter of course.
My Dad bought me this book about 6 months ago I think. I have no clue as to why any more. There was a reason but it has escaped me. Regardless, it is historical fiction to a point and I study History so I read it. For anyone going into this is it very much based on history and doesn't moved away from that the entire story. If you don't enjoy history, to be honest, don't bother picking this up. You will probably not like it and it will be a waste of money.
However, on the flip side, if you really enjoy history, there are parts of this you won't really care about. I did not care for the characters that much, when they were not talking about Richard I skipped it. This is part of a larger series so if I started from book 1 it would probably be different but you don't have to start from book 1. This reads perfectly fine by itself.
The Reign of Richard III is not something I am particularly knowledgeable on. Obviously the basics have stayed with me from studying the Tudors and Stuarts in Primary 5 (which was over ten years ago) when we went over Richard as background on the rise of the Tudors. Due to this, I am not sure how much of this book is accurate. What happened to the Princes/ who killed them is still debated and it probably always will be but the details in this book are not something I can vouch for. This is also the small matter of this book being 60ish years old so historical fact willhave changed since then just has a matter of course.