Biography - Pears, Iain (George) (1955-): An article ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 9 Publication Date: 2004-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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LAST JUDGEMENT: A Jonathan Argyll Mystery
More political, still quality: The Last Judgement is slightly more political than the other Argyll art history mysteries. As always there is a dash of sense of humor that keeps the enjoyment level high. A light hearted murder mystery, The Last Judgement [... more]
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GIOTTOS HAND: A Jonathan Argyll Mystery
It is okay but Pears has written better: General Taddeo Bottando believes that the stealing of many of Europe's priceless works of art since 1963 is the result of one person, an extremely skillful thief, dubbed Giotto. The General assigns his brilliant [... more]
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The Bernini Bust
Passable mystery, unimaginable Americans: Iain Pears is a superb writer -- when he is in his element. Apparently, however, America is not his element. The book is a delight to read, but only if you ignore the fact that all of the characters sound exactly [... more]
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The Titian Committee (Art History Mystery)
Don't Drink the Water: Don't Drink the Water An Ian Pears' view of ever-romantic Venice never lets readers forget they are in a watery wasteland. However appealing visually, the downside is very dirty water, water everywhere. You can't get "there& [... more]
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The Immaculate Deception
Challenging mystery suggests change of direction for series.: Like Graham Greene, Pears writes both serious, philosophical novels (The Dream of Scipio and An Instance of the Fingerpost) and entertainments--in this case, the fascinating art history [... more]
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Giotto's Hand (Art History Mystery)
The least impressive of the Jonathan Argyll mysteries: First, a note to those of you who read Instance and are looking for more: The Argyll mysteries are not very similar. The only real connection is clever solutions. However, I would also say that if [... more]
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Dream of Scipio
Amazon.com Review: Like his elegant debut, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears's The Dream of Scipio is an inventive, gloriously detailed historical novel told from multiple viewpoints. But Pears has set himself an additional challenge by spreading [... more]
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The Portrait
the world of art and its vices :-): In the monologue of the reclusive painter, Henry Morris MacAlpine, "The Portrait" reveals, why Henry has accepted the commission of his former protector and friend, the art critic William Nasmyth, to paint [... more]
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The Portrait
the world of art and its vices :-): In the monologue of the reclusive painter, Henry Morris MacAlpine, "The Portrait" reveals, why Henry has accepted the commission of his former protector and friend, the art critic William Nasmyth, to paint [... more]
$13.00
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Immaculate Deception (Jonathan Argyll Mystery)
Challenging mystery suggests change of direction for series.: Like Graham Greene, Pears writes both serious, philosophical novels (The Dream of Scipio and An Instance of the Fingerpost) and entertainments--in this case, the fascinating art history [... more]
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The Immaculate Deception
Challenging mystery suggests change of direction for series.: Like Graham Greene, Pears writes both serious, philosophical novels (The Dream of Scipio and An Instance of the Fingerpost) and entertainments--in this case, the fascinating art history [... more]
$11.99
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