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- Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist.
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Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955 [1]) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. [2][3] Personal life. Pears was born on 8 August 1955 in Coventry, England. He was educated at Warwick School, an all-boys public school in Warwick.
- Novels
- "Jonathan Argyll" Mystery Series
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An Instance of the Fingerpost, Riverhead Books (New York, NY), 1998. The Immaculate Deception, Scribner (New York, NY), 2000. The Dream of Scipio, Riverhead Books (New York, NY), 2002.
The Raphael Affair, Gollancz (London, England), 1990, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1992. The Titian Committee, Gollancz (London, England), 1992, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1993. The Bernini Bust, Gollancz (London, England), 1992, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1994. The Last Judgement, Gollancz (London, England), 1994, Scribner (New York, NY), 1996. Giotto's H...
The Discovery of Painting: The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1988. Contributor to art and financial journals. SIDELIGHTS: British art dealer Jonathan Argyll is often caught up in investigations of art fraud, theft, and murder in Iain Pears's mystery novels. Working with his lover, Flavia de Stefan...
Pears is of direct sf interest for Arcadia (2015; simultaneous 2015 ebook text varies), constructed, typically of this author, as a series of interlocking narratives set at different times in what seem to be different worlds. Three narratives dominate.
Jun 28, 2016 · June 28, 2016. The author discusses the mythical world of Arcadia, where storytellers are the most revered citizens. Iain Pears is author of the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. His new novel, Arcadia, features a world inside a world built by a modern-day female scientist.
Iain Pears is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. He was educated at Warwick School, Warwick, Wadham College and Wolfson College, Oxford. Before writing, he worked as a reporter for the BBC, Channel 4 (UK) and ZDF (Germany) and correspondent for Reuters from 1982 to 1990 in Italy, France, UK and US.
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Iain Pears is the author of the bestsellers An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, Stone’s Fall, and Arcadia, and a novella, The Portrait, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. He lives in Oxford, England.
Iain Pears was born in 1955. He is the author of seven detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and five novels, An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio, The Portrait, Stone's Fall and Arcadia.