Dream of Scipio

In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called The Dream of Scipio, three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II. An ALA Booklist Editors' Choice.

Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Portrait are also available from Riverhead Books.

Author: Iain Pears
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 06/03/2003
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781573229869
ISBN10: 1573229865
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical

About the Author
Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. He lives in Oxford, England.