Daughter of Time

Title: Daughter of Time Author: Josephine Tey ISBN: 9780684803869 Publisher: Scribner Published: 1995 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Mystery 1623719 Publisher Description: "One of the best mysteries of all time" (The New York Times)--Josephine Tey recreates one of history's most famous--and vicious--crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard. 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 mons