Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Last Judgement (Art History Mystery) The Last Judgement (Art History Mystery) Iain Pears JACKET NOTES (http://italian-mysteries.com/IP04.html): When art dealer Jonathan Argyll agreed to transport the Death of Socrates from a gallery in Paris to its new owner In Rome, he had no idea that… OL1900850W
Stone's fall Stone's fall Iain Pears A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity.In his most dazzling novel si… OL1900861W
The dream of Scipio The dream of Scipio Iain Pears In The Dream of Scipio, "Pears's finest book yet" (The Boston Globe), the acclaimed author of An Instance of the Fingerpost intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories—and three of t… OL1900866W
The Portrait The Portrait Iain Pears An art critic journeys to a remote island off Brittany to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted but tormented artist living in self-imposed exile. The painter recalls their years of f… OL1900867W
An instance of the fingerpost An instance of the fingerpost Iain Pears This book is set in the 1660's, and tells the story of Sarah Blundy who is accused of murder. The story is told from four different perspectives, and as you read each one you learn so much more about… OL1900868W
Arcadia Arcadia Iain Pears In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confid… OL20018710W
The Titian Committee The Titian Committee Iain Pears When a member of the famous Titian Committee is found stabbed to death in a Venetian garden, Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad is sent to assist. But it seems they don't want her expertise … OL24197841W
The immaculate deception The immaculate deception Iain Pears Flavia di Stefano, the acting head of Italy's Art Theft Squad, attempts to track down the thief who stole a politically sensitive painting on loan from a foreign museum, a search that soon becomes a … OL24271402W
La chute de John Stone La chute de John Stone Iain Pears Londres, 27 mars 1909. Le corps de lord Ravenscliff, né John Stone, est retrouvé sans vie devant son hôtel particulier de Saint James Square. Chargé d'écrire la biographie de cet homme d'affaires, le… OL24276089W