The Daughter of Time
- 207
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
- The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
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Our view
In “The Daughter of Time”, Josephine Tey turns a modern policeman loose on the crimes charged to Richard III, with unusual and clever results. Some readers value the way it sets them questioning the accepted version of history. Others find the first half slow and crowded with historical names.
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About the book
The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. In 1990 it was voted number one in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA).
Reading order · Inspector Alan Grant
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 107 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.9 | 9 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 98 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Daughter of Time?
It has 207 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
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