Inspector Alan Grant

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Inspector Alan Grant is the fictional Scotland Yard detective created by Josephine Tey, best known for re-examining the historical mystery of Richard III in the novel "The Daughter of Time."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Inspector Alan Grant canonical 2
Scotland Yard (via Alan Grant) 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
affiliation Scotland Yard ⓘ
linked to: New Scotland Yard
appearsInWork A Shilling for Candles ⓘ
The Daughter of Time ⓘ
The Franchise Affair ⓘ
The Man in the Queue ⓘ
The Singing Sands ⓘ
To Love and Be Wise ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorPseudonym Josephine Tey ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorRealName Elizabeth MacKintosh ⓘ
characterTrait analytical ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ
skeptical ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Josephine Tey ⓘ
employer Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1929 ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork The Man in the Queue ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse Inspector Grant universe ⓘ
hasLiteraryTheme miscarriage of justice ⓘ
reassessment of historical truth ⓘ
reliability of evidence ⓘ
investigativeMethod close attention to evidence ⓘ
questioning accepted narratives ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literarySeries Inspector Grant series ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableCase historical investigation of Richard III ⓘ
notableFor re-examining the historical reputation of Richard III ⓘ
notableWork The Daughter of Time ⓘ
occupation detective ⓘ
police inspector ⓘ
partOf Golden Age of detective fiction characters ⓘ
publisherOfWorks Peter Davies ⓘ
rank Inspector ⓘ
settingOfActivity England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
timePeriodOfFictionalActivity 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Daughter of Time → mainCharacter → Inspector Alan Grant ⓘ
Josephine Tey → createdCharacter → Inspector Alan Grant ⓘ
Marta Hallard → associatedWith → Scotland Yard (via Alan Grant) ⓘ
linked to: Inspector Alan Grant