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Josephine Tey is often referred to as the mystery writer for people who don't like mysteries. Her skills at character development and mood setting, and her tendency to focus on themes not usually touched upon by mystery writers, have earned her a vast and appreciative audience. In <I>Daughter of Time</I>, Tey focuses on the legend of Richard III, the evil hunchback of British history accused of murdering his young nephews. While at a London hospital recuperating from a fall, Inspector Alan Grant becomes fascinated by a portrait of King Richard. A student of human faces, Grant cannot believe that the man in the picture would kill his own nephews. With an American researcher's help, Grant delves into his country's history to discover just what kind of man Richard Plantagenet was and who <I>really</I> killed the famous "Princes of the Tower".

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Alan Grant, one of Tey's best character's is laid up in the hospital with a broken leg. To assuage the "prickles of boredom," Grant takes up the very cold ca...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 15:24:10 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 15:24:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 00:32:44 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 23:12:10 -0800 2009
Tey's recurring character Inspector Grant is in the hospital and bored nearly to tears until a portrait of King Richard III catches his eye: he's supposed to be a...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 06:07:17 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 05:35:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 29 16:19:30 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 16:19:30 -0700 2008
Years ago I went to a talk by the actor Vincent Price, who mentioned that The Daughter of Time was his favorite book, and that he loved misunderstood characters. Certainly Shakespeare made Richard II...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Sep 09 13:56:45 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 13:56:45 -0700 2008
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The general plot moves along like a general mystery worked backwards - knowing the outcome from the start and working through the facts to find the motive. What makes it interesti...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 11:30:53 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 16:10:06 -0700 2008 www.mysterywriters.org) and see also World Magazine January 12/19, 2008, pg. 27).

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The prose is smooth and easy enough to follow, and the insertion of historical facts is presented in a fairly interesting way. Much preferable over a textbook, definit...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 19 16:47:05 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 19 16:47:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 06:52:57 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 06:57:05 -0700 2008 Lies my teacher told me" but in a mu...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Fri Apr 04 21:34:08 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 10 13:57:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 13:39:31 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 14:12:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Sat Sep 29 02:02:16 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 02:02:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 04:50:08 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 04:54:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:45:50 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:50:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:41:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:42:21 -0700 2009 more...]]>