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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
"It's an odd thing, but when you tell someone the true facts of a mythical tale, they are indignant not with the teller but with you.
They don't WANT to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in them, I think, and they resent it. So they reject it and refuse to think about it. If they were merely indifferent it would be natural and understandable. But it is much stronger than that, much more positive. They are annoyed.
Very odd, isn't it?"
This book was recommended to me by denizens of the r/suggestmeabook subreddit, as I was looking for other classic books from the Golden Age of mystery novels. I absolutely enjoy historical books and mysteries, so this was a great recommendation for me.
There's a reason it's stood the test of time: the way Josephine Tey wrote this (Inspector Alan Grant recovering in the hospital from a work-related leg fracture and ends up investigating one of the most notorious mysteries in English history, and does it by research instead of at the actual crime scene) really spoke to me. A plausible and convincing argument is laid out that King Richard III was NOT responsible for the murder of his two nephews, but a more likely culprit can be had in another with designs on the throne of England. The legwork (no pun intended) was done by research between Inspector Grant and Brent Carradine, an American researching at the British Museum.
With this book, I should (hopefully) join the Century Club at the Mystillery. I can't think of a better book to end that journey than The Daughter of Time. This is definitely a book I will re-read on multiple occasions.
Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.
~ William Shakespeare: King Richard II
Act 3, Scene II
They don't WANT to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in them, I think, and they resent it. So they reject it and refuse to think about it. If they were merely indifferent it would be natural and understandable. But it is much stronger than that, much more positive. They are annoyed.
Very odd, isn't it?"
This book was recommended to me by denizens of the r/suggestmeabook subreddit, as I was looking for other classic books from the Golden Age of mystery novels. I absolutely enjoy historical books and mysteries, so this was a great recommendation for me.
There's a reason it's stood the test of time: the way Josephine Tey wrote this (Inspector Alan Grant recovering in the hospital from a work-related leg fracture and ends up investigating one of the most notorious mysteries in English history, and does it by research instead of at the actual crime scene) really spoke to me. A plausible and convincing argument is laid out that King Richard III was NOT responsible for the murder of his two nephews, but a more likely culprit can be had in another with designs on the throne of England. The legwork (no pun intended) was done by research between Inspector Grant and Brent Carradine, an American researching at the British Museum.
With this book, I should (hopefully) join the Century Club at the Mystillery. I can't think of a better book to end that journey than The Daughter of Time. This is definitely a book I will re-read on multiple occasions.
Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.
~ William Shakespeare: King Richard II
Act 3, Scene II