An instance of the fingerpost /
Pears, Iain.
An instance of the fingerpost / - New York : Riverhead Books, 1998. - 691 p. ; 25 cm.
A question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.
A novel on the way we interpret events to suit our purpose. The protagonists are four people giving evidence in a murder in 17th century England. One blames the crime on too much authority, another on the lack of it. A look at the controversies of the day, from medical experiments to religious freethinking.
1573220825 (alk. paper) 9781573220828 (alk. paper)
97023899
Historical fiction.
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction.
Oxford (England)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR6066.E167 / I57 1998
823/.914
An instance of the fingerpost / - New York : Riverhead Books, 1998. - 691 p. ; 25 cm.
A question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.
A novel on the way we interpret events to suit our purpose. The protagonists are four people giving evidence in a murder in 17th century England. One blames the crime on too much authority, another on the lack of it. A look at the controversies of the day, from medical experiments to religious freethinking.
1573220825 (alk. paper) 9781573220828 (alk. paper)
97023899
Historical fiction.
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction.
Oxford (England)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR6066.E167 / I57 1998
823/.914