England im Jahr 1663: Der Giftmord an dem ehrenwerten Mitglied des New College Dr. Robert Grove versetzt ganz Oxford in Aufruhr. Von den Ereignissen erzählt Marco da Cola, ein junger Mediziner aus Venedig, der auf merkwürdige Weise in den Fall verwickelt ist. Iain Pears erweckt die Welt des 17. Jahrhunderts zu neuem Leben. Er zeigt uns Oxford als Zentrum von Wissen und Fortschritt, doch auch als Ort, an dem die revolutionären Ideen auf medizinischem und philosophischem Gebiet von Aberglauben, Bigotterie und Machtpolitik unterdrückt werden.

Zusatztext Set in the 1660s! this novel focuses on the death of Robert Grove! fellowof New College. There are four witnesses! each of whom discusses theirperception of events; a Venetian Catholic! possible inventor of the bloodtransfusion; a Royalist traitor's son; the chief cartographer to Cromwelland Charles II; and Oxford antiquary! Anthony Wood. Only one is a reliablewitness. Reminiscent of (The Name Of The Rose) and (Restoration). Pearsother titles include (Death And Restoration! Bernini Bust) and (The RaphaelAffair). Informationen zum Autor Iain Pears was born in 1955. He is the author of seven detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and five novels, An Instance of the Fingerpost , The Dream of Scipio , The Portrait, Stone's Fall and Arcadia . Klappentext Oxford, 1660s. A scholar is dead, a woman stands accused, and four men tell their versions of the truth. Each testimony contradicts the last - and only one reveals what truly happened. Pears' sweeping novel combines intellectual intrigue with page-turning mystery. An Instance of the Fingerpost is a triumph of storytelling: erudite, immersive and utterly gripping. 'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco' The Times Zusammenfassung An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.

Autorentext
Iain Pears was born in 1955. He is the author of seven detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and five novels, An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, The Portrait, Stone's Fall and Arcadia.

Klappentext

Oxford, 1660s. A scholar is dead, a woman stands accused, and four men tell their versions of the truth.

Each testimony contradicts the last - and only one reveals what truly happened.

Pears' sweeping novel combines intellectual intrigue with page-turning mystery. An Instance of the Fingerpost is a triumph of storytelling: erudite, immersive and utterly gripping.

'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual subtlety of Umberto Eco' The Times

Zusammenfassung
An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.