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Enigma

by Robert Harris

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388 pages1974Random House Large Print PublishingISBN 9780679765059
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About this book

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 lives of Allied sailors are in 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. . . . Until the unthinkable happens: the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has been cracked. And they've changed the code. . . . 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. . . .

Publication Details

Publisher
Random House Large Print Publishing
Published
1974
Pages
388
ISBN
9780679765059
Language
en

About Robert Harris

English author known for his novel "Fatherland" as well as a series of novels on ancient Rome and non-fiction books

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