The King's Spy (Signed)
Inbunden bok. Bantam Press. First edition, signed and dated. uppl. 2012. 374 sidor.
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The King's Spy (Signed)
Andrew Swanston
Observera att denna bok är på engelska. Please note that this book is in English.
The book is a hardcover with dustjacket. It is read once but in condition as new, except that the book edges are very slightly yellowed.
Published by Bantam Press in 2012.
First edition, signed and dated.
ISBN 9780593068861
Protected in a clear plastic wrapper.
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'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.
Format: 24x16x3 cm, 347 pages.
