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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 include An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, Stone's Fall, Arcadia, and the Jonathan Argyll series. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from An Instance of the Fingerpost… (more)
An Instance of the Fingerpost 5,145 copies, 134 reviews
The Dream of Scipio 2,173 copies, 54 reviews
Stone's Fall 1,408 copies, 68 reviews
The Raphael Affair 1,013 copies, 25 reviews
The Portrait 781 copies, 37 reviews
Arcadia 763 copies, 36 reviews
The Immaculate Deception 758 copies, 9 reviews
The Titian Committee 726 copies, 19 reviews
Giotto's Hand 693 copies, 7 reviews
Death and Restoration 667 copies, 12 reviews
The Bernini Bust 634 copies, 11 reviews
The Last Judgement 565 copies, 6 reviews
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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books (Contributor) 293 copies, 12 reviews
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