An Instance of the Fingerpost

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780425167724
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0425167720
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Herausgeber: Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN/EAN: 0425167720

Set in Oxford in the 1660s - a time and place of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment - this remarkable novel centres around a young woman, Sarah Blundy, who stands accused of the murder of Robert Crove, 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 crytographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologian and inveterate plotter; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary. Each one tells their version of what happened but only one reveals the extraordinary truth. Brilliantly written, utterly convincing, gripping from the first page to the last, AN INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST is a magnificent TOUR DE FORCE.

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