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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
History is many things, as you'll find out in this book, but it is never boring. This is a rollicking story, quite unlike anything I've ever read - a crime book where the detective, Grant, spends the whole time laid up in a hospital bed with a picture of Richard III for company, analysing faces, motives, and reinterpreting facts with the help of a young historian, Carradine. Written in 1951, it sparked a renewed interest in clearing Richard's name of the murder of his nephews, the infamous Princes in the Tower; eventually culminating in the discovery of the last Plantagenet king's body under a car park in 2012 (I'd highly recommend watching the doco!).
There's a lot of names to get your head around as Grant and Carradine dissect the history books, particularly as people often went by their title as well as their actual name. It's not only an incredibly well-researched story, but a considerate study of assumptions, motive, and image. What we're taught is only what someone, with a particular intent, wants us to know. History is written by the victors, after all. But, it can be rewritten, and the truth is often far more interesting than we imagined.
There's a lot of names to get your head around as Grant and Carradine dissect the history books, particularly as people often went by their title as well as their actual name. It's not only an incredibly well-researched story, but a considerate study of assumptions, motive, and image. What we're taught is only what someone, with a particular intent, wants us to know. History is written by the victors, after all. But, it can be rewritten, and the truth is often far more interesting than we imagined.