Such fun!! The book is on my TBR for 2023 and for some reason I am sure I will have thoughts of handy cap parking spots in mind as I read it. 😍

This sounds great!

Love this book!

In 1483 and for many years thereafter the tower was a royal residence. It did not gain its grisly reputation until the Tudor dynasty. Regarding the detective judging Richard by his face, the author qualifies this by saying Grant had seen many murderers in his career and his judgment, on those grounds, was that this was not the face of a murderer but of a caring person whereas Henry looked suspiciously dodgy. This is what piqued his interest to dig into the facts, such as they were.

What are you taking about? Richard was in Middleham when his brother died.

What I got out of The Daughter of Time is that much of recorded history is tonypandy. Also, remember, the book is fiction.

I the critic had more holes in his analysis than the novel or other theories, it’s too much to address… Why did they mess up Perkin Warbeck’s face before executing him? Is Warbeck even a real name before then? How could they remove a set of stairs put there before the 1400s, to dog ten feet under and near a Roman site with many romant bodies and even if they get dna tested, still doesn’t? Why is it logical to blame one leader for anything because don’t the parliament records and newspaper accounts look like he was asked and what of the history repeating itself of his father? What of the mother’s confession the 1st son was illegitimate and record of his birth, unfortunately they only had legitimate minor sons after a war broke out that they just thought out over a regime that started with a king in his minority and later illness so they had a war between council members with different agendas for the common people or the lords gain and after losing the father and second son Edmund, Edward seemed handy at a ripe age… what of the priest he dug up… that priest spoke before with George of the same matter and was in a high position having served all three York brothers. Richard was said to be in the north and already wanted by his brother Edward IV as lord protector before he passed. The tower was traditionally where kings stayed before their for coronations. More Plantagenet nephews were in the tower and died during Henry Tudor’s reign. Only thing I agreed on: I found it odd that they were talking about so much judging by a face, I found that odd, but I always liked his portrait not knowing who he was then regardless if it was altered or not thinking it a nice man, but never would I apply that professionally. Saying the word fuck never sounds cool used in that context and makes you sound toxic for people… free speech yes, but choice to choose whose worth it