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A novel on the way we interpret events to suit our purpose. The protagonists are four people giving evidence in a murder in 17th century England. One blames the crime on too much authority, another on the lack of it. A look at the controversies of the day, from medical experiments to religious freet...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Riverhead Books,
1998.
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| Edition: | Uncorrected proof. |
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| Summary: | A novel on the way we interpret events to suit our purpose. The protagonists are four people giving evidence in a murder in 17th century England. One blames the crime on too much authority, another on the lack of it. A look at the controversies of the day, from medical experiments to religious freethinking. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Basbanes copy contains one piece of ephemera. The Cushing Library/Basbanes Collection copy is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes collection; contains a promotional postcard from the publisher. |
| Physical Description: | 691 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1573220825 9781573220828 |