The Daughter of Time

Name: The Daughter of Time
Author: Josephine Tey

by Josephine Tey

Historical mystery where a modern detective investigates the fate of a medieval English king

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Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey was a Scottish playwright and novelist whose detective fiction was among the most individual and literary in the Golden Age tradition. The Daughter of Time, in which her detective Alan Grant investigates the historical crimes of Richard III from his hospital bed, is frequently voted the greatest mystery novel ever written. Brat Farrar and Miss Pym Disposes are also highly regarded.

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