An instance of the fingerpost /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.Description: 691 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 1573220825 (alk. paper)
- 9781573220828 (alk. paper)
- 823/.914 21
- PR6066.E167 I57 1998
- 18.05
- HN 9990
- Also issued online.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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F | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Fiction | F PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 34517000155229 |
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.
Also issued online.
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