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The Last Judgement (Paperback)

by Iain Pears (Author)
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Iain Pears is a journalist and art historian with a doctorate in art history from Oxford. He is the author of six Jonathan Argyll mysteries, The Discovery of Painting, and the bestselling historical novel An Instance of the Fingerpost.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun! Why not Excellent?, July 29 2003
By "nicholasgeo" (Carmel, IN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Last Judgement (Paperback)
THE LAST JUDGEMENT is one of the "art history mystery" series. The series' protagonists are quite appealing. They are a still unmarried couple living in Rome. I must admit that we end up knowing her by her first name, Flavia, and him by his last, Argyll. If that seems a bit sexist, it is consistent with the European scene where new attitudes must break through habits that have crusted over centuries. Flavia is with the department of the Italian police that specializes in art crime. She has an interesting mentor in her department and faces competition from the regular police, the Carabinieri. Argyll is an expatriated British art scholar. In this book he is an art dealer. In a later volume, Death and Restoration, he becomes an art history instructor at a university. The adventures revolve around art theft, invariably including murder. The plots exploit historical mysteries and criss-cross Europe.

In the LAST JUDGMENT, Flavia and Argyll go from Rome to Paris, Zurich, London, and the English countryside. The historical component is the German occupation of France during WWII, and the post-war punishment of the collaborators.

The unfolding of the plot of THE LAST JUDGMENT frustrated me. The mystery is fairly obvious, even before the midpoint of the book. The result is a painful observation of the discovery of the obvious. Nevertheless, the book is fun and I give it three stars.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, Aug 15 2002
By B. Hauck "bettiola" (Sullivan, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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I've been reading this series in order and have been enjoying it a lot - the main characters are quirky and amusing, the world of antique art buying, selling, and stealing is fascinating, and the plots are fun. But this one just seemed a bit "off". Maybe Iain Pears was having a bad day (or month or however long it takes to write these). I'm a big fan of Pears' but the bleakness of the historical background and the fact that torture was central to the plot seemed quite dissonant to the usual light-heartedness of the series. I also started to get irritated that Jonathan and Flavia never had enough money. Don't they have credit cards? Oh well, I'm going to continue through the series. I'm still a fan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing on the whole, Aug 14 2001
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I could hardly believe that this was by the same author as the brilliant "An instance of the fingerpost". Admittedly, it's not the same kind of thing and it's an earlier work, but even so, it is mediocre as whodunnits go. The outcome was largely predictable, and the characters lacked dimension. The best thing I can find to say about it is that it is vastly superior to the art history mysteries of Derek Wilson.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par
I am a big fan of these novels. I have read Raphael, Titian and Bernini before this one and loved all of them. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2000 by Tripp Ritter

3.0 out of 5 stars Another interesting art historical mystery
Pears offers yet another art historical mystery with a cast of characters including art historian Argyll and Italian Art Police Flavia and Bottando. Read more
Published on Dec 26 1999

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