The Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey

Category: Full Cast

Narrator: Afternoon Theatre

Tags: Full Cast, History, Detective

Afternoon Theatre: The Daughter of Time The 1951 novel by Josephine Tey dramatised by Neville Teller BBC Radio 4 FM, 25 December 1982 15.00, ==== About the book ==== The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officers 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., Alan Grant, Scotland Yard Inspector (a character who also appears in five other novels by the same author) is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of his, suggests that he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grants interest in human faces. He becomes intrigued by a portrait of King Richard III. He prides himself on being able to read a persons character from his appearance, and King Richard seems to him a gentle, kind and wise man.