At Scotland Yard, Inspector Grant has a reputation for being able to pick them at sight. Now he is in hospital, knowing that no amount of good behaviour is going to make this anything less than an extended stay. Yet his professional curiosity is soon aroused. In a portrait of Richard III, the hunchbacked monster of nursery stories and history books, he finds a face that refuses to fit its reputation. But how, after four hundred years, can a bedridden policeman uncover the truth about the murder of the Princes in the Tower?

*** Travelling plan ***
Plinius
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On its way to Plinius.

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An enjoyable read, thanks again Prowisorio! What a time to be in hospital in the fifties! Flat on your back for weeks on end in a private room without TV, radio or cell-phone, nurses who spend time to fuss over you - THAT was the time to read! I'm unable to discuss the Richard III storyline as I cannot distinguish the border between fact and fiction in this book. I started to read with the Shakespeare Richard III in mind - and Ian McKellen in the Richard Loncraine adaptation; my favourite villain. Josephine Tey tells her Richard III ideas in a convincing way, with enthousiasm. And here is also the weak point of the book: the inspctor Grant story is too clearly a vehicle for a history hobby horse. A most attractive hobby horse.

Left the book at the Coffee-table at Bagels & Beans