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For newlywed and italian art theft squad head flavia di stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen. He was educated at warwick school, warwick, wadham college and wolfson college, oxford. Nick rawlinson set in provence at three different critical moments of western civilization the collapse of the roman empire in the 5th century. He is the author of numerous works, including seven detective novels in the jonathan argyll series, a book of art history. A national bestseller from acclaimed author iain pears, the portrait is a novel of. The dream of scipio by iain pears read by nick rawlinson. Iain pears audio books iain pears is a journalist and art historian with a doctorate in art history from oxford.
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