Enigma

Enigma

by RobertHarris (Author)

Synopsis

"LITERATE AND SAVVY . . . BRIMS WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE."
--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

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 386
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 04 Sep 1995

ISBN 10: 0091779235
ISBN 13: 9780091779238

Media Reviews
After the stunning success of his first novel, Fatherland, the question was what would Robert Harris do for an encore? This is his ersounding answer. -- Phillip Knightley, Mail on Sunday
Extraordinarily good -- and undoubtedly the best thriller of the year, and perhaps of several years to come. -- T.J. Binyon, Evening Standard
I finished the book regretful it had ended, and full of wonder at the extraordinary world, people and achievements it evoked. -- David Cannadine, Observer
Altogether top-class stuff -- Peter Millar, The Times

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