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An Instance of the Fingerpost Mass market paperbound - 1999

by Iain M. Pears

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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...

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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...

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  • Title An Instance of the Fingerpost
  • Author Iain M. Pears
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 735
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Publishing Group, New York
  • Publication date 1999-03-01
  • ISBN 9780425167724 / 0425167720
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.77 x 4.2 x 1.66 in (17.20 x 10.67 x 4.22 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Historical fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97023899
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

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.
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