Iain Pears
Author of An Instance of the Fingerpost
About the Author
Iain Pears was born in England in 1955. He has worked as an art historian, a TV consultant and a journalist. After several years working for Reuters, he went to Yale University to complete his book on eighteenth-century British art entitled The Discovery of Painting. He has written several novels show more include An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, Stone's Fall, Arcadia, and the Jonathan Argyll series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Iain Pears
The Discovery of Painting: The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, 1680-1768 (1988) 24 copies
Pears Iain 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Pears, Iain
- Legal name
- Pears, Iain George
- Birthdate
- 1955-08-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Education
- Oxford University (D.Phil ∙ 1982 ∙ Wolfson College)
Oxford University (BA ∙ 1977 ∙ MA ∙ 1979 ∙ Wadham College ∙ Art History)
Yale University (Getty Fellow ∙ 1987)
Warwick School - Occupations
- novelist
correspondent (Reuters news)
art historian
journalist - Relationships
- Harris, Ruth (wife)
- Awards and honors
- Getty Fellowship (1987)
- Agent
- Felicity Bryan (Felicity Bryan Literary Agency)
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Group Read: Arcadia Part 6, Chapters 56-66 (End) in The Green Dragon (April 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia Part 5, Chapters 45-55 in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia Part 4, Chapters 34-44 in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia Part 3, Chapters 23-33 in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia Part 1, Chapters 1-11 in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia by Iain Pears in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Group Read: Arcadia Part 2, Chapters 12-22 in The Green Dragon (March 2022)
Iain Pears, An Instance Of The Fingerpost in Historical Mysteries (February 2008)
Reviews
An artist living on an isolated island off the coast of Brittany just before WWI is visited by an eminent art critic, who used to be his mentor and now wants his portrait painted.
The whole book consists of a series of monologues from the artist to the sitter while he's painting, exploring what has brought them that point. Although the ending is fairly predictable early on it is only in the last 30 pages or so (out of 210) that we learn the motivation behind it. Something of a tour de force.… (more)
The whole book consists of a series of monologues from the artist to the sitter while he's painting, exploring what has brought them that point. Although the ending is fairly predictable early on it is only in the last 30 pages or so (out of 210) that we learn the motivation behind it. Something of a tour de force.… (more)
A very standard mystery. A little bit of history, a little bit of art, likeable enough characters and a nice background story at the monastery
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 1
- Members
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- Popularity
- #1,433
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 321
- Languages
- 16
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I was hoping for more incidental historical detail à la the Shardlake series. But this did give me a sense of the intrigues that no doubt happened as the country changed from a republic back into a kingdom.