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The Rule of Four
Caldwell, Ian & Thomason, Dustin
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Description for The Rule of Four
Paperback.
Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. He's intelligent and popular, but haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, "The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" has baffled scholars who have tried to understand its many mysteries. Coded in seven languages, the text is at once a passionate love story, an intricate mathematical labyrinth, and a tale of arcane brutality. Paul Harris, Tom's room-mate, has deeply personal reasons of his own for wanting ... Read more
Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. He's intelligent and popular, but haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, "The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" has baffled scholars who have tried to understand its many mysteries. Coded in seven languages, the text is at once a passionate love story, an intricate mathematical labyrinth, and a tale of arcane brutality. Paul Harris, Tom's room-mate, has deeply personal reasons of his own for wanting ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099451952
SKU
KEX0198149
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Caldwell, Ian & Thomason, Dustin
Ian Caldwell was Phi Beta Kappa in History at Princeton University. Dustin Thomason won the Hoopes Prize at Harvard University. The two have been best friends since they were eight years old.
Reviews for The Rule of Four
"This year's biggest publishing sensation" Guardian "One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose - A blazingly good yarn [and] an exceptional piece of scholarship ... A smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs" San Francisco Chronicle "The Da Vinci Code for people with brains" Independent "A stunning first novel ... if Scott ... Read more