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An Instance Of The Fingerpost
Iain Pears
- Random House
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Publisher | Random House |
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ISBN | 9780099751816 |
Publication date | September 1998 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Pages | 704 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Set in Oxford in the 1660s - a time and place of great intellectual, religious, scientific and political ferment - this remarkable novel centres around a young woman, Sarah Blundy, who stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College. Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: 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, theologian and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary.
An Instance Of The Fingerpost