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An instance of the Fingerpost / Iain Pears

By: Pears, IainContributor(s): Pears, Iain | Sarotte, Georges MichelMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books 1998Description: 698pISBN: 9780099751816Subject(s): Literature | English and Old English literatures | English fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction | Oxford (England) -- Fiction | England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction | Physicians -- England -- FictionDDC classification: 823.914 PEA

Contents:

A question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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