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Description for Stone's Fall
Paperback. A novel that tells the story of John Stone, financier and armaments manufacturer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents. It takes you on a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
John Stone, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. His beautiful young widow commissions a journalist to carry out an unusual bequest in his will but as he begins his research he soon discovers a story far more complex than he could have ever imagined...
As the story moves backwards through time, from London in 1909 to Paris in 1809, before concluding in Venice in 1867, the mystery of John Stone's life and loves begins to unravel. The result is a spellbinding novel that is both a quest for the truth, a love story that spans decades and a compelling murder mystery.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099516170
SKU
KRA0010108
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Iain Pears
Iain Pears was born in 1955. He is the author of seven detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and three novels, An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio and The Portrait.
Reviews for Stone's Fall
I cannot remember enjoying a book as much as Stone's Fall
Malcolm Gladwell
Observer
The assurance and invention with which the novel is written are alike remarkable. Utterly absorbing and a rare delight
Alan Massie
Scotsman
Engrossing and intelligent, it's the best sort of page-turner
Amber Pearson
Daily Mail
A juicy mystery with lashings of period detail
Daily Telegraph
The novel is above all a romp, albeit an exceptionally intelligent and entertaining one
David Robson
Sunday Telegraph
Malcolm Gladwell
Observer
The assurance and invention with which the novel is written are alike remarkable. Utterly absorbing and a rare delight
Alan Massie
Scotsman
Engrossing and intelligent, it's the best sort of page-turner
Amber Pearson
Daily Mail
A juicy mystery with lashings of period detail
Daily Telegraph
The novel is above all a romp, albeit an exceptionally intelligent and entertaining one
David Robson
Sunday Telegraph