#5 Inspector Alan Grant

The Daughter of Time

Josephine Tey
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Who really killed the princes in the tower? Was Richard III truly the ogre of legend and Shakespeare’s play. – a wicked uncle who murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England? Inspector Alan Grant is not so sure. Laid up in hospital with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with unravelling this most enduring of historical mysteries. As he investigates with the help of an enthusiastic young American scholar, he unearths long-buried intrigues and comes to a startling conclusion.
Genres: MysteryHistorical FictionFictionCrimeHistoricalClassicsMystery ThrillerBook ClubBritish LiteratureDetective
256 Pages

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