An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears

A New York Times Notable Book | Set in 17th century England, this bestselling historical mystery is thrilling tale of conspiracy and murder

"May well be the best 'historical mystery' ever written."--The Sunday Boston Globe

"It is 1663, and England is wracked with intrigue and civil strife. When an Oxford don is murdered, it seems at first that the incident can have nothing to do with great matters of church and state....Yet, little is as it seems in this gripping novel, which dramatizes the ways in which witnesses can see the same events yet remember them falsely. Each of four narrators--a Venetian medical student, a young man intent on proving his late father innocent of treason, a cryptographer, and an archivist--fingers a different culprit...an erudite and entertaining tour de force." --People

Tim Pears' novels include In the Place of Falling Leaves, which won the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award; In a Land of Plenty, which was adapted into a ten-part BBC television series; A Revolution of the Sun; Wake Up; and Blenheim Orchard. Pears lives in Oxford and has won various accolades, including the Lannan Literary Award.

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ISBN 13	9781573227957
ISBN 10	1573227951
Title	An Instance of the Fingerpost
Author	Iain Pears
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2000-04-01
Number of pages	704
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