The Daughter Of Time: A gripping historical mystery

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One of the best mysteries all time from the much-loved crime Golden Age writer Josephine Tey 'A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES 'As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays' OBSERVER Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant, recovering from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III, believed to have brutally killed his brother's children - the Princes in the Tower - to make his crown secure. But is the hunchback with such a sensitive, noble face really one of the world's most heinous villains? Or was he the victim of one of the most insidious plots in history? 'One of the best mysteries of all time' NEW YORK TIMES 'Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing' SPECTATOR

Josephine Tey is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. She began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue (1929), which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. In 1937 she returned to crime writing with A Shilling for Candles, but it wasn't until after the Second World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Josephine Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.

A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable * Sunday Times * As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays * Observer * One of the best mysteries of all time * New York Times * First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written * Los Angeles Times * Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing * Spectator * Really first class . . . a continual delight * Times Literary Supplement * Josephine Tey enjoys a category to herself, as a virtuoso in the spurious . . . the nature of the deception on this occasion is too good to give away * New Statesman * Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field * New Yorker * Most people will find The Daughter Of Time as interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays * Observer * A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable * Sunday Times * Josephine Tey has always been absolutely reliable in producing original and mysterious plots with interesting characters and unguessable endings * Spectator *