The Daughter Of Time By Joseph

Part I of Essay
Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time is a historical novel that looks at the belief that Richard III, King of England, murdered his two nephews in order to maintain his power. This novel also supports the belief that the “truth comes out through time.” In the novel the main ....

Part II of Essay
.... all differed in the way they viewed Richard III. This could have been because the writer’s attitudes towards Richard were all different. For example, in the novel, Sir Thomas More’s and later accounts of Richard III were derived from John Morton, Richard’s bitterest en enemy. Sir Thomas’s account was from the view of someone who hated Richard and is therefor considered biased. As a historian it is important to realize that some facets of history are written with a biased opinion and it is our job to realize which ones can be credited and whic ....