![]() ![]() There are even, horrid little sub-genres of historical murder-mystery novels regrettably spawned by the excellent Name of the Rose. He sees no guilt in the portrait and, with the aid of a young American researcher, determines to prove "chummy's" innocence.Īnd the result is a fascinating little book. Grant is an experienced detective, a man who prides himself on his ability to judge a man's character simply by looking at his face. To his surprise, he discovers it's the famous portrait of Richard III, child-murderer and usurper of the English throne. One, a portrait of a man, strikes him as a mysterious, but sympathetic character. There are no mysteries to solve on the ceiling of his room which is all he has to look at until a sympathetic friend arrives with a sheaf of pictures. Scotland Yard's Alan Grant is laid up in hospital with a broken leg. I was looking on the shelf for Alison Weir's The Princes In The Tower, when The Daughter Of Time caught my eye. The Daughter of Time is highly recommended for an informative and entertaining light read and also for younger readers beginning to make the leap into adult fiction. It's historically accurate and it comes down, as far as Bookbag is concerned anyway, on the right side of the matter. It's nicely written, it's interesting and it has an admirable distrust of the establishment. ![]() Fictional detective Alan Grant goes in search of the murderer of the Princes in the Tower. Summary: Although a little dated, The Daughter of Time is a great little book. ![]()
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