Ebook {Epub PDF} Stones Fall by Iain Pears

A tour de force in the tradition of Iain Pears' international bestseller, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Stone's Fall weaves a story of love and high finance into the fabric of a page-turning thriller. A novel to stand alongside Atonement and The Remains of the Day. A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stone's Fall is a quest, a love story, and a tale of murder -- richly satisfying and completely Author: Iain Pears.  · By the s Venice was in profound decline, "a corpse whose soul has departed", and Pears beautifully conjures up the slow rot of the ancient port - this is a Venice of dusty séances, Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Stone's Fall. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears tells the story of John Stone, financier and arms dealer, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents. In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking New York /5(K).

Stone's Fall; Written By: Iain Pears. Read By: Roy Dotrice, John Lee and Simon Vance. Unabridged Download - Apple Books; Audible. Iain Pears-Always more than you bargained for. Still catching my breath after finishing Stone's Fall last night. Pears' prose flows in fine style loaded with fascinating settings, characters and situations. Stone's Fall is a historical-mystery novel by Iain Pears. Synopsis. An ageing BBC reporter approaching retirement in , Matthew Braddock is on a farewell tour, visiting the old Paris bureau. Chancing upon a familiar name in the obituary notices, he decides to attend the funeral of an acquaintance he has not seen for many years.

Stone's Fall is such a book. It's a mystery, a novel of character and a recreation of the past, all in one. There are passages which echo Buchan and Edwardian writers such as the outrageously. Stone's Fall is a historical-mystery novel by Iain Pears. Stone's Fall is a business and finance novel, too. Pears enjoys describing the capitalist games.