The Daughter of Time

A 1951 mystery novel by Josephine Tey in which Inspector Alan Grant investigates whether Richard III murdered the Princes in the Tower. Its investigation unfolds largely through historical records rather than a physical crime scene.

Alan Grant: A fictional Scotland Yard inspector created by Josephine Tey and protagonist of several novels. His hospital-bed investigation drives the novel’s inquiry into Richard III.
Josephine Tey: The pen name of Scottish novelist and playwright Elizabeth MacKintosh, who wrote detective fiction and historical drama. She wrote the novel and shaped its skeptical investigation.
Raphael Holinshed: An English chronicler whose Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland appeared in several editions from 1577. His chronicle represents the later historical tradition Grant weighs against earlier evidence.
The Daughter of Time adaptations: Screen and audio versions of Josephine Tey’s 1951 novel. Adaptations carried Grant’s historical investigation beyond the original book.
Princes in the Tower: Edward V and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, who disappeared in the Tower of London in 1483. Their disappearance is the unresolved crime Grant attempts to reconstruct.
Tudor historiography: Historical writing about England produced during the Tudor period, often shaped by political and dynastic concerns. Grant questions accounts of Richard III inherited from Tudor-era writers.
Dominic Mancini: An Italian observer in England in 1483 whose account describes the political crisis surrounding Edward V. His near-contemporary account offers evidence distinct from later Tudor narratives.
Historical mystery: A mystery narrative whose setting, evidence, or central investigation depends on the past. The novel became a prominent example of solving a crime through historical inquiry.
Richard III: King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Grant reexamines the accusation that Richard ordered his nephews’ deaths.
Thomas More: An English statesman and humanist whose unfinished History of King Richard III influenced later accounts of the king. His influential narrative is among the traditions the novel scrutinizes.

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