Summer,1643England is at war with itself. King Charles I has fled London,his negotiations with Parliament in tatters. The country is consumed by bloodshed. For Thomas Hill,a man of letters quietly running a bookshop in the rural town of Romsey,knowledge of the war is limited to the rumours that reach the local inn.When a stranger knocks on his door one night and informs him that the king's cryptographer has died,everything changes. Aware of Thomas's background as a mathematician and his expertise in codes and ciphers,the king has summoned him to his court in Oxford.On arrival,Thomas soon discovers that nothing at court is straightforward. There is evidence of a traitor in their midst. Brutal murder follows brutal murder. And when a vital message encrypted with a notoriously unbreakable code is intercepted,he must decipher it to reveal the king's betrayer and prevent the violent death that failure will surely bring.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780552166102Number of pages: 464Weight: 314 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 27 mm
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