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The Raphael Affair Paperback - 2001
by Iain Pears
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.
Summary
"Deliciously literate" (Kirkus Reviews) and filled with "articulate characters and erudite art commentary" (The New York Times Book Review), this acclaimed series of novels by Iain Pears combines art and history, literature and mystery fiction, with the same passion for detail he displayed in his New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. In The Raphael Affair, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Jonathan Argyll, an enthusiastic young art scholar from England who has followed his suspicions about a long-lost Raphael painting to a small church in Rome. Not only is the painting in question gone from the site, it has been swiftly purchased, restored, auctioned, and installed in Rome's National Museum. But when the recovered Raphael is just as swiftly destroyed in a fire, Argyll begins to suspect its authenticity…and the innocence of every person in its path.
First line
GENERALE Taddeo Bottando walked up the staircase covered in stolen works of art slightly before the bell of San Ignazio struck seven in the morning, as usual.
Details
- Title The Raphael Affair
- Author Iain Pears
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, U.S.A.
- Date February 6, 2001
- ISBN 9780425178928 / 0425178927
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.23 x 5.23 x 0.71 in (20.90 x 13.28 x 1.80 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Rome (Italy)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Masterful and calls for an encore."-Houston Post
"Impressive."-The (London) Times
"[A] clever thriller…Pears balances politics, love and danger nicely in a plot that has a cunning and satisfactory outcome."-Sunday Times
"Presents a world the author knows well in the satisfying way Margaret Truman and Dick Francis set their mysteries in milieus they know."-Associated Press
"Impressive."-The (London) Times
"[A] clever thriller…Pears balances politics, love and danger nicely in a plot that has a cunning and satisfactory outcome."-Sunday Times
"Presents a world the author knows well in the satisfying way Margaret Truman and Dick Francis set their mysteries in milieus they know."-Associated Press
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