▁of ▁Richard ▁being ▁a ▁murder er ▁is ▁a ▁fabric ation ▁of ▁T ud or ▁propag anda , ▁as ▁is ▁the ▁popular ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁King ▁as ▁a ▁mon str ous ▁h unch back . ▁ ▁Th emes ▁and ▁arguments ▁The ▁book ▁expl ores ▁how ▁history ▁is ▁constructed , ▁and ▁how ▁certain ▁versions ▁of ▁events ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁widely ▁accepted ▁as ▁the ▁truth , ▁despite ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁evidence ▁and / or ▁any ▁logical ▁pla us ibility . ▁Grant ▁comes ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁ways ▁that ▁great ▁myth s ▁or ▁urban ▁leg ends ▁are ▁constructed , ▁and ▁how ▁in ▁this ▁case , ▁the ▁vict orious ▁T ud ors ▁saw ▁to ▁it ▁that ▁their ▁version ▁of ▁history ▁pre va iled . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ' s ▁title ▁is ▁taken ▁from ▁an ▁old ▁pro verb ▁(" Tr uth ▁is ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁time ") ▁which ▁is ▁quoted ▁by ▁T ey ▁as ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁ep ig raph . ▁Like ▁all ▁a ph or isms ▁this ▁pro verb ▁has ▁been ▁directly ▁quoted , ▁par ap hr ased ▁or ▁en hanced ▁many ▁times ▁over ▁the ▁centuries ▁by ▁multiple ▁famous ▁liter ate ▁think ers ▁such ▁as ▁A ulus ▁G elli us ▁and ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln ▁( direct ▁quotes ); ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁Ba con ▁( en hanced ▁quote : ▁" Tr uth ▁is ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁time , ▁not ▁of ▁authority ."); ▁and ▁Th ales ▁( par ap hr ase : ▁" It ▁is ▁time ▁that ▁has ▁discovered , ▁or ▁in ▁due ▁course ▁will ▁discover , ▁all ▁things ▁that ▁lie ▁hidden