Instance of the fingerpost, paperback/iain pears

Set in the 1660s, this novel focuses on the death of Robert Grove, fellow of New College.

There are four witnesses, each of whom discusses their perception of events; a Venetian Catholic, possible inventor of the blood transfusion; a Royalist traitors son; the chief cartographer to Cromwell and Charles II; and Oxford antiquary, Anthony Wood.

Only one is a reliable witness.

Reminiscent of }The Name Of The Rose{ and }Restoration{.

Pears other titles include }Death And Restoration, Bernini Bust{ and }The Raphael Affair{.