Summary & Study Guide The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

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The Daughter of Time Study Guide by BookRags.com consists of approx. 47 pages of summaries and analysis on The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. This study guide, written by BookRags.com, includes the following Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, and Topics for Discussion.

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 24, 2010

Reviews

[Mary Coons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't believe I've been on Goodreads more than ten minutes without reviewing this book. It's not for everyone--the setting is a hospital, the subject is history, the plot features no chases and no murders less than several centuries old.
Nonetheless, it shaped my view of the world, the printed word, the news media, and informed my vocabulary and my sense of humor. (I wrote my own book for middle readers based on some of the thoughts in it.) I reread it every few years and find my opinion was not just an adolescent one. This is a thoughtful book, an amusing book, an artful book.
I can't recommend it highly enough.

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

A detective in England is flat on his back in the hospital and bored out of his mind after falling down a trap door. With the help of a young man who can go out and do research for him, he begins to investigate Richard III and the two young princes who died in the Tower.

[Addie Martinez]

I thought that she did an extensive background research to bring to us the thruth about King Richard the 111. It opened up my world to Tey.

[Rebecca Belknap · Rating 3 out of 5]

The audio is a little hard to understand at first because of the accents and the speed of the narration. Classic story. I enjoyed learning more English history and it was a clever delivery.

[caffeinated reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scotland Yard inspector investigates a missing persons case from the 14th century: clears Richard Plantagenet from the rumours that he instigated the murder of the Princes in the Tower, unmasks the real true perpetrator, and revises Tudor history in the process (while a riveting, hilarious, marvellous read, I wasn't amused at how aspersion was cast on my favourite Thomas More).

[Lindsey G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun, "light" historical read. I enjoyed delving into the mystery of Richard III.