An Advancement of Learning

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

An Advancement of Learning

First edition cover
Author	Reginald Hill
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

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]