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Mystery · 1988 · G

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

Inspector Grant investigates a 500-year-old murder from his hospital bed.

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

For14+GenreMysteryLength206 pagesRead time~5.7 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Sexual Content

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Substance Use

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Emotional Intensity

Barely any

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What this book is about

Inspector Grant, hospitalized with a broken leg, becomes obsessed with the portrait of Richard III — and sets out to prove whether or not the king actually murdered the Princes in the Tower. A brilliant historical mystery voted the greatest crime novel ever written by the Crime Writers' Association.

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