Description
Product ID: | 9781529156416 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Daughter Of Time |
Subtitle: | A gripping historical mystery |
Authors: | Author: Josephine Tey |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 1500 to c 1600 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating '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' OBSERVERScotland 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 ''A detective story with a very considerable difference. Ingenious, stimulating and very enjoyable'' SUNDAY TIMES |
Imprint Name: | Penguin (Cornerstone) |
Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-09-22 |