The Daughter of Time
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The Daughter of Time

Josephine Tey
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Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitive face actually belong to a heinous villain — a king who killed his brother's children to secure his crown? Grant seeks what kind of man Richard was and who in fact killed the princes in the tower.
Genres: MysteryHistorical FictionFictionCrimeHistoricalClassicsMystery ThrillerBook ClubBritish LiteratureDetective
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