Daughter of Time

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Author(s):

Josephine Tey

First Pub:

1951

Genre(s):

Historical Fiction; Mystery

First Read:

1992

Times Read:

2 times

Rating:

Chapters:

17 Chapters

Internal ID:

350

Series:

To Love and Be Wise
The Singing Sands

Inspector Alan Grant*

#5 of 6

Inspector Alan Grant*

A series of stories written by Josephine Tey.

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1) The Man in the Queue
2) A Shilling for Candles
3) The Franchise Affair
4) To Love and Be Wise
5) Daughter of Time
6) The Singing Sands

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First Sentence:

Grant lay on his high white cot and stared at the ceiling.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

'When you look at it for a little it's really quite a nice face, isn't it?'

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

The first time I read this was when my friend Kathy Wrights loaned it to me. It was the first time I realized that reading history could actually be fun.

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Added: 01-Jan-2003

Last Updated: 28-Oct-2024

01-Nov-1995

Touchstone

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Nov-1995

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$14.00

Pages*:

206

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

168

Publisher:

Touchstone

ISBN:

0-684-80386-0

ISBN-13:

978-0-684-80386-9

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Josephine Tey re-creates one of history's most famous - and vicious - crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard.

Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains - a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower.

The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing's most gifted masters.

"The unalloyed pleasure of watching a really cultivated mind in action! Buy and cherish!" - Boston Sunday Globe

JOSEPHINE TEY is considered one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. She died in 1952.

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Notes and Comments:

I got both my daughters to read this for their school projects.

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A Shilling for Candles

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2009

Format:

Book on CD

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jan 2018 - 1 Jan 2018

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43684

Publisher:

Audiogo

ISBN:

1-602-83644-2

ISBN-13:

978-1-602-83644-0

Credits:

Derek Jacobi - Narration

From amazon.com:

A hospitalized English policeman reconstructs historical evidence concerning Richard III's role in the murder of Edward IV's two sons.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

I don't remember where I got this from - I thought it was from amazon.com but evidently not.

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Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2015

Format:

e-Book

Pages*:

218

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1678

Publisher:

ePub Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

From epubbooks.com:

Voted greatest mystery novel of all time by the Crime Writers’ Association in 1990, Josephine Tey recreates one of history’s most famous - and vicious - crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world’s most heinous villains - a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother’s children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England’s throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower. The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing’s most gifted masters.

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Daughter of Time

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01-Nov-1995
Touchstone
Mass Market Paperback

01-Jan-2009
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Book on CD

01-Jan-2015
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Author(s)

Josephine Tey
Birth: 25 Jul 1896 Inverness, Scotland, UK
Death: 13 Feb 1952 London, England, UK

Notes:

Josephine Tey is the pseudonym that Elizabeth Mackintosh used in writing her fictional prose. She was born in 1896 in Inverness, Scotland and died in 1952 in London, England. Her parents were Colin and Josephine Horne Mackintosh. She had two sisters who both married while she, herself, never did. Little is known of her personal life. She was raised in Inverness where she attended Anstey Physical Training College in Birmingham and earned a living as a physical training instructor. When she quit work to care for her father, she began writing. Her first mystery novel was published in 1929 and her first play, Richard of Bordeaux was published 1932.

She used the psuedonym Gordon Daviot when writing her plays, of which she produced around twelve full length and about as many one-acts plays. Only four were given productions while she was still alive. She also three non-mystery novels, and a biography.

She was a recluse and had no close friends and she never gave interviews. She died soon after the publication of The Daughter of Time which is considered her best work.

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