Release date: 2nd August 2012
Published by: Bantam Press
ISBN No: 978 0593068861
Summer, 1643 England 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' 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.
Copyright: The Book Depository Synopsis
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