An Instance of the Fingerpost
Publisher: Vintage; Penguin Random House
Published: 2023
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 698
ISBN-13: 9780099751816
Copyright date: 1997
First sentence: Marco da Cola, gentleman of Venice, respectfully presents his greetings.
Description: Oxford, 1663 - a seething hotbed of intellectual, religious and political tension. A young woman, Sarah Blundy, stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College. Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a visiting Venetian physician; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II and master spy; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary.