An Advancement of Learning
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| Author | Reginald Hill |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Dalziel and Pascoe series, #2 |
| Genre | crime novel |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 254p. |
| ISBN | 0-00-231009-0 |
| OCLC | 16194286 |
| Preceded by | A Clubbable Woman |
| Followed by | Ruling 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. More bodies are found after their arrival on campus. 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.