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An instance of the fingerpost, Iain Pears

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An instance of the fingerpost, Iain Pears

Language

eng

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Literary Form

novels

Main title

An instance of the fingerpost

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Iain Pears

Summary

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, theologican and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiqary. Each one tells their version of what happened but only one reveals the extraordinary truth

Target audience

adult

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