Best Selling Books by Iain Pears

Iain Pears is the author of Arcadia (2016), Stone's Fall (2010), The Titian Committee (1993), An Instance of the Fingerpost (1999), The Portrait (2010).

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Arcadia

release date: Feb 09, 2016
Arcadia
From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. In Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own. He finds an unlikely confidante in Rosie, an inquisitive young neighbor who, while chasing after Lytten''s cat one day, stumbles through a doorway in his cellar and into a stunning and unfamiliar bucolic landscape—remarkably like the fantasy world Lytten is writing about. There she meets a young boy named Jay who is about to embark on a journey that will change both their lives. Elsewhere, in a distopian society where progress is controlled by a corrupt ruling elite, the brilliant scientist Angela Meerson has discovered the potential of a powerful new machine. When the authorities come knocking, she will make an important decision—one that will reverberate through all these different lives and worlds.

Stone's Fall

release date: Jun 01, 2010
Stone's Fall
A tour de force in the tradition of Iain Pears’ international bestseller, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Stone’s Fall weaves a story of love and high finance into the fabric of a page-turning thriller. A novel to stand alongside Atonement and The Remains of the Day. A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone’s Fall is a quest, a love story, and a tale of murder—richly satisfying and completely engaging on many levels. It centres on the career of a very wealthy financier and the mysterious circumstances of his death, cast against the backdrop of WWI and Europe’ s first great age of espionage, the evolution of high-stakes international finance and the beginning of the twentieth century’s arms race. Stone’s Fall is a major return to the thriller form that first launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world and that earned him acclaim as a mesmerizing storyteller.

The Titian Committee

release date: Jan 01, 1993
The Titian Committee
Sent to Venice by Rome''s Art Theft Squad to help local police solve a murder, Flavia di Stefano embarks on a search for the killer of a member of the famed Titian research committee.

An Instance of the Fingerpost

release date: Mar 01, 1999
An Instance of the Fingerpost
In 1663 Oxford, a servant girl confesses to a murder. But four witnesses--a medical student, the son of a traitor, a cryptographer, and an archivist--each finger a different culprit...

The Portrait

release date: Oct 22, 2010
The Portrait
After the dazzling achievement of his bestsellers An Instance of the Fingerpost (“May well be the best historical mystery ever written.” —The Boston Globe) and The Dream of Scipio (“A virtuoso display of craftsmanship.” —Maclean’s), Iain Pears returns with a stunning novel of suspense and revenge. An influential art critic in the early years of the twentieth century journeys from London to the remote island of Houat, off France’s northwest coast, to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted, once acclaimed artist living in self-imposed exile. Over the course of the sitting, the painter recalls their years of friendship, the double-edged gift of the critic’s patronage, the power he wielded over aspiring artists, and his apparent callousness in anointing the careers of some and devastating the lives of others. The balance of power between the two men shifts dramatically—and ominously—as the critic becomes a passive subject; and as the painter slowly captures the character of the man on canvas, we discover why he left London suddenly and mysteriously at the height of his success and why now, with dark determination, he has taken on this unusual commission. Set against the dramatic, untamed landscape of Brittany, during one of the most explosive periods in art history, The Portrait is rich with atmosphere and suggestion, and psychological complexity. With the marvellous detail of a miniature, it brings to the fore the great artistic figures of the late nineteenth century, and their ambitions and desires. And it is a novel you will want to begin again immediately after turning the last chilling page, to read once more with a watchful eye and appreciate the hand of an ingenious storyteller at work.

Dream of Scipio

release date: Jun 03, 2003
Dream of Scipio
In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II. An ALA Booklist Editors'' Choice. Iain Pears''s An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Portrait are also available from Riverhead Books.

Death and Restoration

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Death and Restoration
Detective Flavia di Stefano of Rome''s art theft squad joins forces with art historian Jonathan Argyll to investigate the theft of a simple icon of the Blessed Virgin. The object turns out to be worth far more than anyone thought.

The Immaculate Deception

release date: Jun 24, 2005
The Immaculate Deception
From internationally bestselling author Iain Pears comes the seventh in his Jonathan Argyll series -- an intriguing mystery of love, loss, and artistic license. For newlywed and Italian art theft squad head Flavia di Stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the Louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen. Desperate to avoid public embarrassment -- and to avoid paying a ransom -- the Italian prime minister leans hard on Flavia to get it back quickly and quietly. Across town, her husband, art historian Jonathan Argyll, begins an investigation of his own, tracing the past of a small Renaissance painting -- an Immaculate Conception -- owned by Flavia''s mentor, retired general Taddeo Bottando. Soon both husband and wife uncover astonishing and chilling secrets, and Flavia''s investigation takes a sudden turn from the search for an art thief to the hunt for a murderer.

The Dream of Scipio

release date: Jan 01, 2002
The Dream of Scipio
Three men live and fall in love in Provence during three very different times of crisis: the fall of the Roman Empire, the Black Death and World War II. Their problems, however, are strikingly similar.

The Discovery of Painting

release date: Jan 01, 1991

The Last Judgement

release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Last Judgement
When a tacky painting in his possession is linked to a series of murders, art dealer Jonathan Argyll must investigate the dark secrets in the painting''s past--before someone with truly horrible taste decides to put him out of the picture for good. "Pears knows what he''s talking about and tells a rollicking good yarn."--"Boston Globe."

Giotto's Hand

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Giotto's Hand
General Taddeo Bottando of Rome''s Art Theft Squad thinks that a single master criminal, dubbed "Giotto, " is behind more than two dozen thefts of unphotographed art.

The Bernini Bust

release date: Nov 04, 2003
The Bernini Bust
British art historian Jonathan Argyll is in sunny Los Angeles conducting some profitable business with the Moresby Museum. Then the museum''s owner is murdered and a Bernini bust disappears. And while awaiting the arrival of his friends from the Italian National Art Theft Squad, Jonathan finds himself targeted by the killer...

The Raphael Affair

release date: Feb 01, 2001
The Raphael Affair
From the author of the bestselling "An Instance of the Fingerpost" comes a special trade edition of the first novel in an ingenious new Art History mystery series. When a long-lost Raphael resurfaces, it triggers a chain of events from vandalism to murder. As English art scholar Jonathan Argyll investigates, he ends up on the run for the truth and for his very life.

Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent

release date: May 08, 2025

La Cuarta Verdad

release date: Jan 01, 2000
La Cuarta Verdad
Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, en los albores de la epistemologia moderna, la tension entre creencia y saber, fe religiosa y razon empirica, constituia el nucleo del debate intelectual.Partiendo del pensamiento de Francis Bacon, esta singular obra de Iain Pears es probablemente la novela de misterio mas erudita y entretenida desde la publicacion de El nombre de la rosa.La historia se desarrolla en Oxford, por entonces uno de los centros universitarios mas importantes de Europa. Robert Grove, un profesor del New College, muere envenenado y su sirvienta es acusada del crimen. Los cuatro testigos -Marco da Cola, un gentil hombre veneciano fascinado por la anatomia; Jack Wallis, el criptografo y matematico ingles mas importante antes de Newton; y Anthony Wood, conocido erudito y anticuario de Oxford- ofrecen su version de los hechos, pero solo uno de ellos dice la verdad. Pero, acaso existe una sola verdad''.Precedida de un notable exito en Inglaterra, Estados Unidos, Francia e Italia, donde no solo recibio excelentes criticas, sino que ademas ocupo los primeros puestos de las listas de los libros mas vendidos, La cuarta verdad presenta al lector un cuadro completo de las ideas filosoficas predominantes en la epoca. Pero el gran acierto del autor, atribuible sin duda a su afinada capacidad de narra, es haber recreado fielmente no solo los habitos y costumbres de un tiempo pasado, sino tambien la manera de pensar y de ver el mundo, sin lo cual seria imposible encontrar la solucion de la compleja trama. En suma, un autentico desafio para quienes buscan en una novela el estimulo intelectual ademas del placer de la lectura.

La caída de John Stone

release date: Jun 01, 2011
La caída de John Stone
Ésta es la historia de John Stone, un poderoso financiero y traficante de armas, un hombre rico que en los años anteriores a la Primera Guerra Mundial fue capaz de manipular los mercados, las industrias, países enteros e incluso continentes. La caída de John Stone relata la intriga por descubrir cómo y por qué murió Stone en 1909. Desde la Venecia de mediados del siglo XIX, hasta la City londinense de principios del siglo XX y el París de la Belle Époque, Iain Pears ha construido una apasionante novela de intriga que es a la vez un drama financiero, una bella historia de amor y un misterio policíaco.

Le songe de Scipion

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Le songe de Scipion
" Le pouvoir sans la sagesse n''est que tyrannie, la sagesse sans le pouvoir est sans effet. " Le Songe de Scipion se situe en un lieu unique, la Provence, à trois époques cruciales de la civilisation occidentale : l''effondrement de l''Empire romain au Ve siècle, les années de la Grande Peste au XIVe siècle et l''apogée du nazisme au XXe siècle. Manlius Hippomanes est un aristocrate obsédé par la préservation de l''Empire ; Olivier de Noyen, un poète au service d''un puissant cardinal qui complote pour restaurer la papauté à Rome ; Julien Barneuve, un intellectuel tenaillé par le doute et qui finira par rallier le gouvernement de Vichy. Chacun d''eux nourrit une passion pour une femme d''exception dont l''existence se verra menacée. Un manuscrit ancien - œuvre de Manlius inspirée du fameux Songe de Scipion -, disparu puis ressurgi, partiellement transmis au fil du temps, sera réinterprété par Olivier et redécouvert par Julien. Autour de ce texte antique mais aussi autour de l''amitié et de la force du sentiment amoureux, Iain Pears tisse une brillante trame narrative, entrelaçant intimement le destin des trois hommes. À travers eux se posent les questions qui hantent notre monde en temps de crise profonde, et retrouvent aujourd''hui une cruelle résonance : Qu''est-ce que la civilisation ? Où réside la vertu quand menace la barbarie ? dans l''engagement, ou dans la neutralité ? Mais la barbarie n''est-elle pas aussi la face hideuse de la civilisation ?

Le comité Tiziano

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Le comité Tiziano
Venise : ses canaux, ses ruelles, ses musées... et son Comité Tiziano chargé par le gouvernement de recenser et d''authentifier les œuvres de Titien. La vie serait belle et douce dans ce décor somptueux si l''un des membres du Comité n''avait pas été retrouvé assassiné dans les Giardinetti Reali, au beau milieu d''un parterre de lys. La séduisante Flavia di Stefano se rend à Venise où elle retrouve Jonathan Argyll, négociant en art. Nos deux complices vont tenter de percer le mystère du Comité qui s''épaissit à mesure que sont perpétrés de nouveaux crimes et que des tableaux de valeur disparaissent. Crimes passionnels ? Affaire d''Etat ? Vaste trafic international ? Une intrigue inquiétante se joue dans le monde de l''art, monde dont Iain Pears, historien de l''art, est plus que familier. Ses connaissances précises de la peinture servent admirablement ce roman où humour, charme et suspense forment un cocktail détonant.

Le cercle de la croix

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Le cercle de la croix
"[...] Le genre de livre qu''on lit sous le drap à la lumière d''une lampe électrique. C''est un roman historique destiné à rivaliser avec Le Nom de la rose". (The Times) "Les plaisirs simples d''un récit d''Agatha Christie associées à la subtilité intellectuelle d''Umberto Eco. Le genre a franchi là une nouvelle étape. Lisez ce roman toutes affaires cessantes". (Sunday Times) "Le roman de Pears entremêle les grands récits historiques et les tragédies individuelles dans un thriller imprévisible d''une audacieuse générosité". (Independant on Sunday) "Brillante réussite [...] Totalement passionnant de bout en bout [...] Peut-être le véritable exploit de Pears est-il d''avoir su recréer l''univers du XVIIè siècle". (Evening Standart) "Un thriller philosophique porté par une imagination, une audace et une originalité époustouflantes. A ne pas manquer". ( Washington Post)

Das Portrait

release date: Jan 01, 2007

L'affaire Bernini

release date: Jan 01, 2002
L'affaire Bernini
Les aventures de Jonathan Argyll et Flavia di Stefano continuent. Après L''Affaire Raphaël et Le Comité Tiziano, le jeune marchand d''art anglais et son amie qui travaille à la brigade romaine chargée du patrimoine artistique se voient confrontés à L''Affaire Bernini, qui tourne autour de la disparition d''une statue du pape Pie V sculptée par Le Bernin. Les deux amis se retrouvent cette fois embarqués aux Etats-Unis, dans le musée privé d''un milliardaire qui ne tarde pas à se faire assassiner. S''ensuit un récit riche en rebondissements où Jonathan Argyll manque de laisser sa peau. Comme tout bon polar qui se respecte, les protagonistes seront rassemblés dans une scène finale où le mystérieux assassin sera démasqué. L''intrigue, rondement menée, suffirait à notre bon plaisir, mais c''est, en définitive, la description du milieu de l''art, de ses faussaires, de ses experts, du mode de fonctionnement des musées et d''acquisition des œuvres qui retient toute notre attention.

Het Titiaan comité

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Het Titiaan comité
Als in Venetië een lid van de Titiaan-commissie wordt vermoord, moet een vrouwelijke detective uit Rome de plaatselijke politie bijstaan.

La mano de Giotto

release date: Jan 01, 2000
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