This novel about idealism and its attendant disappointments begins in the fifth century B.C.E., when a scholarly writer named Manlius devoted his life to upholding the ideals of civilization against creeping barbarism--a resolve that includes armed force. The story continues into the 14th century, during the time of the Black Plague, when an agent ...
The novel which began Iain Pears's acclaimed art crime series, introducing General Bottando and Flavia di Stefano of the Italian National Art Theft Squad. When English art historian, Jonathan Argyll, is caught breaking into a church in Rome, he has an astonishing story to tell. He claims that the church contains a genuine Raphael, hidden under a ...
Fascinating art-crime novel set in Italy from the bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad is in trouble: his theory that a single master criminal, dubbed 'Giotto', is behind a string of major art thefts has aroused the scorn of his arch enemy and rival, the bureaucrat Corrado Argan. He needs ...
Incipient international art dealer Jonathan Argyll is eager to be the conduit for a minor French painting on it's way to the buyer in Rome. But when he arrives, the buyer refuses the painting and then dies. Adding injury to insult, Argyll discovers that the painting he's holding is hot--apparently it was stolen during the war and played a part in ...
"Justly praised for his complex historical thrillers ("An Instance of the Fingerpost; The Dream of Scipio"), Pears scales down to a simple tale of vengeance told by a narrator obsessed with destroying the man he once called his friend and mentor."--"Publishers Weekly."
When a renowned Titian expert is found murdered in Venice, sleuthing art historian Jonathan Argyll investigates with the help of his sidekick Flavia di Stefano.
This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as The ...
'This book dances with sunlight and colour, faded patinas and shifting standards, with humour and knowledge making easy companions' Mail on Sunday The monastery of San Giovanni has few treasures -- only a painting doubtfully attributed to Caravaggio. So Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Squad is surprised to receive a tip-off that a raid is being ...
Incipient international art dealer Jonathan Argyll is eager to be the conduit for a minor French painting on it's way to the buyer in Rome. But when he arrives, the buyer refuses the painting and then dies. Adding injury to insult, Argyll discovers that the painting he's holding is hot--apparently it was stolen during the war and played a part in ...
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