The Rule Of Four
The Rule Of Four
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Summary
First published in 1499, the "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" has baffled scholars ever since. When a Princeton graduate stumbles upon a means to decoding its hidden meanings, tragedy strikes. He and his friend have stumbled upon a secret worth dying to protect.
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The Rule Of Four by Ian Caldwell
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 roommate, has deeply personal reasons of his own for wanting to unveil the secrets the book hides. When a long-lost diary surfaces, it seems the two friends have found the key to the labyrinth - but when a fellow researcher is murdered only hours later, they suddenly find themselves in great danger. And what they discover embedded in the text stuns them: the passion of a Renaissance prince, a hidden crypt, and a secret worth dying to protect-
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. They began writing The Rule of Four after graduating in 1998.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844130054 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844130053 |
| Title | The Rule Of Four |
| Author | Ian Caldwell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2004-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |