Daughter of Time

It's no secret that a person's face reflects their character and actions. And what if what you see is diametrically opposed to what is said about a person? Will you believe your intuition or hearsay? The hero of Josephine Tay's novel, detective Alan Grant, is temporarily bedridden and exhausted from boredom. He accidentally comes across a picture of a man he would "put in the judge's chair." Having read on the back that it is a portrait of Richard III, Grant is puzzled. After all, everyone knows from school that this king killed two of his nephews. He couldn't have been so wrong! Alan Grant begins an investigation. As a detective, he is only interested in facts. But the "witnesses" contradict each other. History is written by the victors, and truth is the "daughter of time." So who is right: the detective or the undoubted authority - the "saint" Thomas More?