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ravenousbibliophile 's review for:
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
My first and thus far only Josephine Tey novel (a travesty which I look to reverse soon). It was a pleasure to read the exploit of how Inspector Alan Grant takes on the investigation of a 15th century mystery, all while confined to a hospital bed with one leg in a cask.
In the beginning I found his desire to reclaim Richard's reputation to be slightly too noble. However, as I read the story I realized that proving his own intuition correct was just as important to Inspector Grant as was proving beyond reasonable doubt that King Richard was in fact the monster everyone believed him to be.
How Grant pieces together information from historical archives and how he utilizes those around him to aide his investigation makes for a fun and entertaining read. Truly, a very cerebral piece of work considering the book was written at a time when usually it was the butler who did it.
In the beginning I found his desire to reclaim Richard's reputation to be slightly too noble. However, as I read the story I realized that proving his own intuition correct was just as important to Inspector Grant as was proving beyond reasonable doubt that King Richard was in fact the monster everyone believed him to be.
How Grant pieces together information from historical archives and how he utilizes those around him to aide his investigation makes for a fun and entertaining read. Truly, a very cerebral piece of work considering the book was written at a time when usually it was the butler who did it.