▁the ▁Ton yp andy ▁Ri ots ▁and ▁bel ieves ▁popular ▁accounts ▁of ▁Richard ' s ▁activities ▁to ▁fall ▁into ▁this ▁category . ▁ ▁This ▁line ▁of ▁thought ▁reflect s ▁a ▁dis like ▁and ▁dist rust ▁of ▁emot ional ▁popular ▁narr atives ▁concerning ▁supposed ▁historical ▁in just ices ▁which ▁also ▁surfaces ▁in ▁T ey ' s ▁other ▁works . ▁ ▁Grant ' s ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁innoc ence ▁of ▁Richard ▁III ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁novel , ▁as ▁in ▁her ▁other ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Fran ch ise ▁Aff air ▁and ▁Miss ▁P ym ▁Dis poses , ▁Joseph ine ▁T ey ▁re lies ▁partially ▁on ▁phys i ogn omy ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁determ ining ▁an ▁initial ▁assess ment ▁of ▁a ▁person ' s ▁character . ▁ ▁Grant ' s ▁first ▁imp et us ▁towards ▁an ▁intellectual ▁investigation ▁of ▁whether ▁Richard ▁III ▁really ▁had ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁he irs ▁to ▁his ▁dead ▁brother ' s ▁throne ▁call ously ▁murder ed ▁in ▁the ▁Tower ▁of ▁London ▁is ▁his ▁early ▁certain ty ▁that ▁Richard ' s ▁face ▁could ▁not ▁possibly ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁someone ▁who ▁would ▁perform ▁such ▁a ▁base ▁crime ▁as ▁the ▁cold - blo oded ▁murder ▁of ▁his ▁two ▁young ▁nep he ws . ▁However , ▁this ▁is ▁just ▁an ▁initial ▁' g ut ▁feel '; ▁the ▁original ▁spark ▁that ▁makes ▁Grant ▁want ▁to ▁know ▁more ▁about ▁( and ▁thus ▁ultimately ▁research ▁and ▁investigate ) ▁the ▁true ▁character ▁and ▁background ▁of ▁Richard ▁III ▁rather ▁than ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁historical ▁person ae ▁of ▁whom ▁his