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u/SaltMarshGoblin · 31 pointsr/whatsthatbook

One of my absolute favorite novels is Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost, wherein the narrators of the second, third, and fourth sections each begin by essentially saying, 'the previous speaker lied to you, but now I will tell you the truth...'
"In 1663 Oxford, a servant girl confesses to a murder. But four witnesses--a medical student, the son of a traitor, a cryptographer, and an archivist--each finger a different culprit..." https://www.amazon.com/Instance-Fingerpost-Iain-Pears/dp/0425167720

u/Cdresden · 4 pointsr/suggestmeabook
u/bocadelperro · 3 pointsr/AskHistorians

If you like Name of the Rose, you should read An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. In fact, I'm going to make that my suggestion, since it's in ebook form.

Like /u/caffarelli, I have several suggestions that would be great, but they're not in ebook format. A lot of academic presses seem to be really averse to putting their books out that way.

u/BubbleSpace · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Not Victorian-based, but it's set in the 17th century, and I think it would satisfy: An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears.