An Instance of the Fingerpost

1997 novel by Iain Pears
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An Instance of the Fingerpost

Summary

An Instance of the Fingerpost is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (446 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • An Instance of the Fingerpost authored Iain Pears[3].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost was published by Jonathan Cape[5].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's genre is epistolary novel[6].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's genre is crime literature[7].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost was released on January 1, 1997[10].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Peter Stahl[11].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Robert Boyle[12].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as John Locke[13].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as John Wallis[14].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Christopher Wren[15].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Samuel Morland[16].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Thomas Ken[17].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Anthony Wood[18].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as John Thurloe[19].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt[20].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as William Compton[21].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon[22].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's characters is recorded as Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington[23].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126720085[24].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's narrative location is recorded as Oxford[25].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's title is recorded as An Instance of the Fingerpost[26].
  • An Instance of the Fingerpost's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

An Instance of the Fingerpost authored Iain Pears[3]. It was published by Jonathan Cape[5].

Publication

An Instance of the Fingerpost was released on January 1, 1997[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Genres include epistolary novel[6] and crime literature[7].

Why It Matters

An Instance of the Fingerpost ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (446 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author Iain Pears
    Title An Instance of the Fingerpost
    Oclc number 37781458
    Form of creative work novel
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:این انسٹنس آف دی فنگر پوسٹ]]"
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