An Instance of the Fingerpost Hardback and a human facing the

and a human facing the greatest life challenges-for him

fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion

It's compulsively readable and exquisitely mind-blowing from the first paragraph to the last

From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters

Simon Winchester seeks to answer these questions through stories of precision's pioneers

An Instance of the Fingerpost Hardback and a human facing theOxford, 1660s. A scholar is dead, a woman stands accused, and four men tell their versions of the truth. Each testimony contradicts the last and only one reveals what truly happened. Pears' sweeping novel combines intellectual intrigue with page turning mystery. An Instance of the Fingerpost is a triumph of storytelling: erudite, immersive and utterly gripping. 'A novel that combines the simple pleasures of Agatha Christie with the intellectual