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Enigma
--The Washington Post Book World
England 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable operational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Allied vessels. Feeling that the blood of Allied sailors is on their hands, a top-secret team of British cryptographers works feverishly around the clock to break Shark. And when brilliant mathematician Tom Jericho succeeds, it is the stuff of legend. . . .
"A TENSE AND THOUGHTFUL THRILLER."
--San Francisco Chronicle
Until the unthinkable happens: the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has been cracked. And they've changed the code. . . .
"SUSPENSEFUL AND FASCINATING."
--The Orlando Sentinel
As an Allied convoy crosses the U-boat infested North Atlantic . . . as Jericho's ex-lover Claire disappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator . . . as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, he cannot escape the ultimate truth: There is a traitor among them. . . .
"GRIPPING . . . CAPTIVATING ."
--New York Daily News
"ELEGANTLY RESEARCHED . . . Readers will find themselves perfectly placed to experience one of Britain's finest hours."
--People
"SATISFYING . . . Harris does a crackerjack job here, playing his characters' lives off historical events in surprising ways."
--Entertainment Weekly
"SUSPENSEFUL . . . FIENDISHLY CLEVER."
--Detroit Free Press
Book Details
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 1996
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.94in - 4.26in - 1.00in - 0.41lb
- EAN: 9780804115483
- Categories: • Thrillers - Espionage• Thrillers - Suspense
About the Author
Harris is the author of five nonfiction books, three of which have been published in the United States: A Higher Form of Killing (1982), a history of chemical and biological warfare; Gotcha! (1983), a study of how the media covered the Falklands War; and Selling Hitler (1986), the story of the forged Hitler diaries scandal, which was made into a television miniseries. His first novel, Fatherland (1992), was the most successful first novel by a Bri tish author in the past twenty years and was published in 18 countries.
He lives near Hungerford, Berkshire with his wife and two children.
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What people are saying
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7 March 1957. Best selling historical novelist, Robert Harris, was born in Nottingham. Many of his books are centred on events surrounding the Second World War, including Fatherland, Munich, V2 and Enigma. He has also written books about Ancient Rome. https://t.co/xnYvPtesGs
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#TeamHIF loved Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel, and we love this review of Act of Oblivion by @Robert___Harris "This is Harris at his best, which is very good indeed" We can't wait to meet him at #RaworthsLitFest - have you booked your tickets yet? https://t.co/YIr4aoPtmA https://t.co/1dfu0zcKQW
What people are saying
Historian and Author. I tweet facts that happened on This Day in History at 8:30 AM (GMT). it’s a daily journey to educate and entertain. I’m only on Twitter.
7 March 1957. Best selling historical novelist, Robert Harris, was born in Nottingham. Many of his books are centred on events surrounding the Second World War, including Fatherland, Munich, V2 and Enigma. He has also written books about Ancient Rome. https://t.co/xnYvPtesGs
We bring the very best in Music l Literature l Crime Writing l Salon l Education to Harrogate.
#TeamHIF loved Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel, and we love this review of Act of Oblivion by @Robert___Harris "This is Harris at his best, which is very good indeed" We can't wait to meet him at #RaworthsLitFest - have you booked your tickets yet? https://t.co/YIr4aoPtmA https://t.co/1dfu0zcKQW