TEY, JOSEPHINE [ELIZABETH MACKINTOSH ] [GORDON DAVIOT] — The Daughter of Time

Penguin. 1988, Reprint. (ISBN: 0140106650) Trade Paperback. Book, [Penguin Classic Crime series] Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains -- a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all- with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar - what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was, and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower.The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing's most gifted masters.189p. Genealogical table. Paper age toned, else fine. Near Fine.