What I liked:This novel deals with Richard III and all the various permutations of the Yorkist, Lancastrian and Tudor factions in late medieval England. I wanted to read it for a really long time but I couldn’t find a decent copy. What can be said… this book could have been as boring as your averag...
Mildly entertaining, mildly disappointing, mildly engaging and mildly dull all at the same time. There is *something* here, but I don't think its potential is ever really fully realized. It's a decent story and Brit history fans will find fun little tidbits to ooh and aah over, but the ideas about h...
A classic from the golden age of British mystery writing, but with a twist: the detective is bedridden and distracts himself with the story of Richard III and the two princes in the tower. Using the minutia of bread-and-butter police work, he points out the fallacies that get recorded as facts by hi...
Completely different from my expectations and now, am wondering where did I get these expectations from?The premise is a interesting one and the historical theories may be of interest to those who are actually interested in this period of history (Richard III) unfortunately, as am neither British no...
Interesting book that made me curious about Richard III. For people with no knowledge of England's history (including me) it can be a bit confusing with all the Kings and Queens and wars strewn around. This is where I applaud Tey for bringing the American woolly lamb as a sounding board for explaini...
Unabridged and read by Derek JacobiBlurb - The title of the book is derived from a historical source, as it is attributable to Sir Francis Bacon, "For truth is rightly named after the daughter of time, and not of authority." The book itself is not a traditional mystery but rather an application of d...
Had a happy jaunt back into this classic murder mystery. Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is recuperating from an on-the-job accident. Bored out of his mind in his hospital room, a friend brings him a stack of pictures of different historical figures. Grant enjoys faces, and goes through the...
Apparently Josephine Tey normally wrote mysteries. Not a big mystery fan, myself -- especially if there are multiple murders involved -- but Tey's writing is intriguing and compelling enough that I may make an exception for her.This mystery is more of a historical puzzle, which is why I picked it u...
Easily Josephine Tey's best book and a wonderful read for anyone with the remotest interest in English history, as Alan Grant tackles the problem of Richard III and the somewhat inconsistent accepted story that he murdered his nephews in the tower of London.
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