Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955
Personal life
Pears was born on 8 August 1955 in Coventry, England. He was educated at Warwick School, an all-boys public school in Warwick. He studied at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, and at Wolfson College, Oxford, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree. Pupil of art-historian Francis Haskell.
In 1985, Pears married Ruth Harris, a historian and academic. He has also written a novel series featuring Jonathan Argyll, art historian.
Bibliography
Jonathan Argyll series (art history mysteries)
This series presents detective art historian Jonathan Argyll who works with two members of the (fictitious) Italian Art Squad: Flavia di Stefano (deputy) and General Bottando (head of the squad).
Pears published seven books in the series:
- The Raphael Affair (1991)
- The Titian Committee (1992)
- The Bernini Bust (1993)
- The Last Judgement (1994)
- Giotto's Hand (1995)
- Death and Restoration (1996)
- The Immaculate Deception (2000)
Novels
- An Instance of the Fingerpost (1997)
- The Dream of Scipio (2002)
- The Portrait (2005)
- Stone's Fall (2009)
- Arcadia (2015)
Other books
- The Discovery of Painting (1989)
- Parallel Lives: A Love Story From a Lost Continent (2024). Bio of his teacher art-historian Francis Haskell.