The Daughter Of Time

Apr 28, 2025 4:35 PM

Author: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

Reviews

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

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