An instance of the fingerpost

gebraucht: Ecken und Kanten leicht bestoßen, Leserillen im Buchrücken, ca. 3 cm langer Knick in der oberen Ecke der Rückseite; innen ist das Buch einwandfrei; Nichtraucherhaushalt

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.

Mord, Schrecken, Spannung, Thriller, England