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'''''An Advancement of Learning''''' is a [[crime fiction|crime]] [[novel]] by [[Reginald Hill]], the second novel in the [[Dalziel and Pascoe]] series.
'''''An Advancement of Learning''''' is a 1971 [[crime fiction|crime]] [[novel]] by [[Reginald Hill]], the second novel in the [[Dalziel and Pascoe]] series.


In this novel, the detectives investigate a murder at the fictional Holm Coultram College.<ref>http://felonyandmayhem.com/book/an-advancement-of-learning/</ref> More bodies are found after their arrival on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/An-Advancement-of-Learning-Reginald-Hill?isbn%3D9780007313037%26HCHP%3DTB_An+Advancement+of+Learning |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330152439/http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/An-Advancement-of-Learning-Reginald-Hill?isbn=9780007313037&HCHP=TB_An+Advancement+of+Learning |archivedate=2012-03-30 |df= }}</ref> In this novel, Pascoe's future wife joins the action as a faculty member whom he knew from years past.
In this novel, the detectives investigate a murder at the fictional Holm Coultram College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://felonyandmayhem.com/book/an-advancement-of-learning/ |title=An Advancement of Learning {{!}} Felony & Mayhem Press |website=felonyandmayhem.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123050205/http://felonyandmayhem.com/book/an-advancement-of-learning/ |archive-date=2012-01-23}}</ref> More bodies are found after their arrival on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/An-Advancement-of-Learning-Reginald-Hill?isbn%3D9780007313037%26HCHP%3DTB_An+Advancement+of+Learning |title=An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill |accessdate=2011-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330152439/http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/An-Advancement-of-Learning-Reginald-Hill?isbn=9780007313037&HCHP=TB_An+Advancement+of+Learning |archivedate=2012-03-30 }}</ref> In this novel, Pascoe's future wife joins the action as a faculty member whom he knew from years past.


The book's title is an homage to [[Francis Bacon]]'s (1561–1626) philosophical tome, ''The Advancement of Learning''.<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5500</ref>
The book's title is an homage to [[Francis Bacon]]'s (1561–1626) philosophical tome, ''The Advancement of Learning''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5500|title = The Advancement of Learning}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==Publication history==
==Publication history==
*1971, London: Collins Crime Club ISBN 0-00-231009-0, Pub date 1971, Hardback
*1971, London: Collins Crime Club {{ISBN|0-00-231009-0}}, Pub date 1971, Hardback
*1996, Toronto: Harper Collins Canada ISBN 0-586-07259-4, Paperback
*1987, New York: Signet (Penguin) {{ISBN|0-451-14656-5}}, Paperback
*1996, Toronto: Harper Collins Canada {{ISBN|0-586-07259-4}}, Paperback
*2008, New York: [[Felony & Mayhem Press]] ISBN 978-1-934609-08-8, Pub date 2008.
*2008, New York: [[Felony & Mayhem Press]] {{ISBN|978-1-934609-08-8}}, Pub date 2008.


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An Advancement of Learning
First edition cover
AuthorReginald Hill
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDalziel and Pascoe series, #2
Genrecrime novel
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1971
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages254p.
ISBN0-00-231009-0
OCLC16194286
Preceded byA Clubbable Woman 
Followed byRuling Passion 

An Advancement of Learning is a 1971 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the second novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series.

In this novel, the detectives investigate a murder at the fictional Holm Coultram College.[1] More bodies are found after their arrival on campus.[2] In this novel, Pascoe's future wife joins the action as a faculty member whom he knew from years past.

The book's title is an homage to Francis Bacon's (1561–1626) philosophical tome, The Advancement of Learning.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "An Advancement of Learning | Felony & Mayhem Press". felonyandmayhem.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ^ The Advancement of Learning.

Publication history

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