An Instance of the Fingerpost
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Summary
An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.
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An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.
One of the very best historical novels ever written -- Tom Holland
The kind of book that has you reading it by torchlight under the bedclothesAn historical detective story set to rival The Name of the Rose, it provides the rare pleasure of combining an intricate plot with insight into the political intrigues of Restoration England * The Times *
Pear's novel interweaves the grand narratives and the personal tragedies of history with a slippery thriller of audacious ingenuity * Independent on Sunday *
A deeply scholarly thriller, but with the learning worn lightly and all the elements of the plot clicking together smoothly * Independent *
The best fiction I have read in a long time * Times Literary Supplement, *Books of the Year* *
Anyone who reads this will want to tell their friends about it... This is a novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco, don't let it pass by unread * Sunday Times *
A fictional tour de force which combines erudition with mystery
Brilliantly researched and imagined...a remarkable achievement * Sunday Telegraph *
The kind of book that has you reading it by torchlight under the bedclothesAn historical detective story set to rival The Name of the Rose, it provides the rare pleasure of combining an intricate plot with insight into the political intrigues of Restoration England * The Times *
Pear's novel interweaves the grand narratives and the personal tragedies of history with a slippery thriller of audacious ingenuity * Independent on Sunday *
A deeply scholarly thriller, but with the learning worn lightly and all the elements of the plot clicking together smoothly * Independent *
The best fiction I have read in a long time * Times Literary Supplement, *Books of the Year* *
Anyone who reads this will want to tell their friends about it... This is a novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco, don't let it pass by unread * Sunday Times *
A fictional tour de force which combines erudition with mystery
Brilliantly researched and imagined...a remarkable achievement * Sunday Telegraph *
Iain Pears was born in 1955. He is the author of seven detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and five novels, An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, The Portrait, Stone's Fall and Arcadia.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099751816 |
| ISBN 10 | 009975181X |
| Title | An Instance of the Fingerpost |
| Author | Iain Pears |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1998-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for WH Smith Literary Prize 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |