Iain Pears, author portrait
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Iain Pears

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.
Arcadia
Stone's Fall
The Portrait
The Bernini Bust
Death and Restoration
Dream of Scipio
Giotto's Hand
The Last Judgement
The Titian Committee
The Raphael Affair
An Instance of the Fingerpost

Books

Arcadia
Stone's Fall
The Portrait
The Bernini Bust
Death and Restoration
Dream of Scipio
Giotto's Hand
The Last Judgement
The Titian Committee
The Raphael Affair
An Instance of the Fingerpost

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