An Instance of the Fingerpost

Front Cover
Penguin, Mar 1, 1999 - Fiction - 752 pages
In 1663 Oxford, a servant girl confesses to a murder. But four witnesses--a medical student, the son of a traitor, a cryptographer, and an archivist--each finger a different culprit...
 

Selected pages

Contents

A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE
THE GREAT TRUST
THE CHARACTER OF COMPLIANCE
AN INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST
Copyright

Other editions - View all

An Instance Of The Fingerpost
Iain Pears
Snippet view - 1998
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
Snippet view - 1998
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears
Snippet view - 1999
View all »

Common terms and phrases

already Anthony Wood asked began believe Bennet better blood Boyle Clarendon Cola’s Compton Wynyates concern conversation course dangerous door doubt England eyes face father father’s fear felt fortune gave gentleman girl give God’s Grove hand head hear heard heart hope John Thurloe John Wallis kill king king’s knew leave living Livy Locke London looked Lord Lord Bristol Lord Clarendon Lower magistrate man’s Marco da Cola matter merely Merton Street mind Mordaunt Morland mother murder never night nodded nonetheless once Oxford perhaps physician realized reason replied Richard Lower Samuel Morland Sarah Blundy scarcely Sealed Knot seemed servant shook Sir William smiled someone soul strange sure talk tell thing Thomas Thomas Ken thought told took town truth Tunbridge turned understand walked Wallis William Compton wish woman Wood words

About the author (1999)

Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost He lives in Oxford, England.

Bibliographic information

TitleAn Instance of the Fingerpost
AuthorIain Pears
PublisherPenguin, 1999
ISBN1101640111, 9781101640111
Length752 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Fiction / Thrillers / Historical
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan