Iain Pears

An inventive, captivating and richly imagined new novel from bestselling writer Iain Pears. The novel will also be published as an interactive app.

Arcadia

An ancient manuscript called "The Dream of Scipio" links three separate centuries--the fifth, the end of the Roman Empire; the fourteenth, the time of the Black Death; and the twentieth during World War II--and three stories of love, all set in Provence.

The Dream of Scipio

Journeying to a remote French island to sit for a portrait that is painted by his tormented artist friend, an influential London art critic recalls the early years of their friendship, his own influence over aspiring artists, and the power struggle between subject and artist in the course of the sitting. By the author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

The Portrait

Vandalism and murder follow a newly-discovered Raphael painting to London, and Bottando decides to investigate with the help of his glamorous assistant, Flavia

The Raphael Affair

In 1663 Oxford, a servant girl confesses to a murder. But four witnesses--a medical student, the son of a traitor, a cryptographer, and an archivist--each finger a different culprit...

AN Instance of the Fingerpost

A novel about the lives of three men in different points in history: the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Black Death in the 14th century and World War II.

The Bernini Bust (Art History Mystery)

A thrilling tale of intrigue and murder set in the heart of Italy's art world pits Jonathan Argyll and art squad investigator Flavia di Stefano against a wily band of thieves that steals a painting reputed to have miraculous powers. Reprint.

Death and Restoration

"[...] Le genre de livre qu'on lit sous le drap à la lumière d'une lampe électrique. C'est un roman historique destiné à rivaliser avec Le Nom de la rose". (The Times) "Les plaisirs simples d'un récit d'Agatha Christie associées à la subtilité intellectuelle d'Umberto Eco. Le genre a franchi là une nouvelle étape. Lisez ce roman toutes affaires cessantes". (Sunday Times) "Le roman de Pears entremêle les grands récits historiques et les tragédies individuelles dans un thriller imprévisible d'une audacieuse générosité". (Independant on Sunday) "Brillante réussite [...] Totalement passionnant de bout en bout [...] Peut-être le véritable exploit de Pears est-il d'avoir su recréer l'univers du XVIIè siècle". (Evening Standart) "Un thriller philosophique porté par une imagination, une audace et une originalité époustouflantes. A ne pas manquer". ( Washington Post)

Le cercle de la croix

When a major painting is kidnapped days before an important international exhibition opens in Rome, Flavia di Stefano, newly appointed head of the Italian Art Squad, has a feeling her life is suddenly going to get very complicated. Things start badly when Flavia is told to get the painting back at all costs without causing any embarrassment to the country and without paying the ransom to the thieves. She knows she will be blamed if something goes wrong, and finds herself pushed ever further into unorthodox tactics to save both the painting and her job. Encouraged by her art-dealing lover Jonathan Argyll and her old boss, Taddeo Bottando, she delves deeply into past cases to try and identify those responsible for the kidnapping before it is too late, and in the process discovers a secret, lying hidden for decades, which gives her the biggest shock of her career. The Immaculate Deception, the seventh in Iain Pears's delightful Jonathan Argyll series, is a fascinating, witty and ingeniously plotted novel.

The Immaculate Deception

"In his most dazzling and brilliant novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and armaments manufacturer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents. A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone's Fall is a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home. Chronologically, it goes backwards - London in 1909, then Paris in 1890, and finally Venice in 1867 - and Stone's character and motivation deepen as the book progresses; in the first part he is almost an abstraction, existing only in the memory of those who knew him; in the second he is a character, but only a secondary one; in the third he is the narrator of the story. A quest, then, but also a love story and a murder mystery, set against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. Like Fingerpost, Stone's Fall is an intricate and richly satisfying puzzle, completely engaging on many levels, a triumphant return for one of the worldâ€™s great storytellers."

Stone's Fall

Roman

Das Urteil am Kreuzweg

John Stone, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. His beautiful young widow commissions a journalist to carry out an unusual bequest in his will but as he begins his research he soon discovers a story far more complex than he could have ever imagined... As the story moves backwards through time, from London in 1909 to Paris in 1809, before concluding in Venice in 1867, the mystery of John Stone's life and loves begins to unravel. The result is a spellbinding novel that is both a quest for the truth, a love story that spans decades and a compelling murder mystery.

Пръстът, който те сочи

Welches tödliche Geheimnis verbirgt das uralte Kunstwerk? Der temporeiche Kriminalroman »Caravaggios Erben« von Iain Pears als eBook bei dotbooks. Die Jagd auf die Muttergottes ist eröffnet ... Das beschauliche Kloster San Giovanni auf dem römischen Aventin ist ganz sicher nicht für seine Kunstschätze bekannt – sieht man von dem einen Caravaggio-Gemälde ab, das aber möglicherweise eine Fälschung ist ... Warum wird dort nun ausgerechnet ein kleines Madonnenbild gestohlen, das bei Besuchern des Klosters beliebt ist, aber keinen größeren Wert zu haben scheint? Der britische Kunstexperte Jonathan Argyll und die italienische Kommissarin Flavia di Stefano stehen vor einem Rätsel – das noch verzwickter wird, als man wenig später die Leiche eines französischen Kunsthändlers aus dem Tiber fischt ... Schnell, mit ganz eigenem Humor und immer wieder überraschend: »Geschliffene Dialoge und kenntnisreiche Einblicke in die Kunstwelt – Unterhaltung auf höchstem Niveau!« New York Times Book Review Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: der Kriminalroman »Caravaggios Erben« von Iain Pears mit den charismatischen Ermittlern Flavia di Stefano und Jonathan Argyll. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben! dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Kriminalroman

Caravaggios Erben: Ein Fall für Argyll und di Stefano - Band 2

The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, 1680-1768

The Discovery of Painting

Clever and witty art history-mystery featuring scholar and sleuth Jonathon Argyll, from the author of the bestselling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.

Witty Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, ‘An Instance of the Fingerpost’.

The Last Judgement

Witty italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, 'An instance of the Fingerpost'. Membership of the prestigious Titian Committee is normally considered a high honour. Normally, that is, until two of its members end up dead and someone seems to be taking the idea of backstabbing a little too far. Flavia de Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad is sent to find out why. She calls upon the help of dealer Jonathan Argyll, in Venice to buy a picture from the Marchesa di Mulino. But the sudden theft of the Marchesa's collection sets Flavia and Jonathan on a tortuous trail to uncover the truth. A further death threatens the very survival of the Committee itself, as well as offering the tantalizing possibility of an undiscovered Titian - a mysterious composition that may have been suppressed for 'moral' reasons....

The Titian Committee

Clever Italian art-history crime series featuring scholar and dealer Jonathon Argyll, from the author of the best-selling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.

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