- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (6 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006511120
- ISBN-13: 978-0006511120
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 11 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 536,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Pears is a delightful writer, with a light, ironic touch’
Frances Hegarty, Mail on Sunday
‘You don’t have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears’s Italian mysteries. Like a good teacher, he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit’
Val McDermid
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The novel which began Iain Pears's acclaimed art crime series, introducing General Bottando and Flavia di Stefano of the Italian National Art Theft Squad.
When English art historian, Jonathan Argyll, is caught breaking into a church in Rome, he has an astonishing story to tell. He claims that the church contains a genuine Raphael, hidden under a painting by Mantini. Further investigation reveals that the painting has disappeared…to reappear later in the hands of top English art dealer, Edward Byrnes.
Soon Byrnes is able to unveil the Raphael before an amazed world. But how had he found out about the hidden masterpiece? And there is also the curious matter of the forger whose safety deposit box contains some highly suspicious sketches.
Then a hideous act of vandalism is perpetrated. Murder is to follow…and General Bottando of Italy’s Art Theft Squad faces the most critical challenge of his whole career.
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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. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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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. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cultivated mystery,
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This review is from: The Raphael Affair (Paperback)
This is the first, and one of the most enjoyable, of Pears' Jonathan Argyll art mysteries. Jonathan is an endearingly bumbling hero and Flavia di Stefano a charming detective. The story is funny and gripping, with plenty of twists and turns and a lot of interesting information about art fraud, forgery and restoration techniques thrown in. Great Sunday morning reading, with a latte and a ciabatta to recreate the Italian atmosphere...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The start of an affair ?,
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This review is from: The Raphael Affair (Paperback)
I read this AFTER "The Titian Committee" (TTC). Not realising TTC as the second I subsequently tracked down the rest and am reading them in the published order and loving all of them in turn. So far, this is my favourite. Is this the startof an affair... we'll have to complete the series to find out probably.
If you like these you will probably enjoy Christabel Kent, also set in Italy but thrillers that are a little darker but equally engaging.
4.0 out of 5 stars
iain pears books,
This review is from: The Raphael Affair (Paperback)
I'm not going to write reams. I just want to say I loved it. Read 5 of them so far and i am hooked.
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