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Item Details
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AN INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST
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| By: |
Iain Pears |
| Format: |
Audio |
| List price:
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£13.27 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1856865819 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781856865814 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
3 September, 1998 |
| Edition: |
4 Audio items |
| Description: |
From the author of DEATH AND RESTORATION, an historical thriller set in 1660s Oxford, focusing on the death of Robert Grove, fellow of New College. The murder is explained by four witnesses, but three of them are unreliable, providing contradictory evidence. It is left to one man to ensure the truth is heard. |
| Synopsis: |
We are in Oxford in the 1660s - a time, and place, of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologican and inveterate plotter; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary. Each witness tells their version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth. "An Instance of the Fingerpost" is a magnificent "tour de force" an utterly compelling historical mystery story with a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader guessing until the very last page. "From the Trade Paperback edition." |
| No. of pieces |
4 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Random House Audiobooks |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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