Codex 632

Dos Santos, Jose Rodrigues

ISBN 10: 0061173185 / ISBN 13: 9780061173189

Published by William Morrow, NY, 2005

About this Item

6.25"x9.25". 321 pp. First printing. Creamy cload boards w/"WM" blindstamped. Brown spine w/copper letters. Designed by Gretchen Achilles. Jacket design by Laura Klynstra. Jacket painting of Departure of the Three Caravels by Antonio Cabral-Bejarano. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped & unmarked. Minor edge wear to DJ. Black remainder mark. When Thomas Noronha, a professor of history and an expert cryptographer, is called upon to finish an unresolved investigation involving an aged scholar who is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, his life takes several unexpected and dramatic turns. As Thomas slowly begins to unravel the cryptograms and enigmas that shroud the old professor's work, he finds a code that could possibly change the course of historical scholarship: Moloc Ninundia Omastoos In his quest to decipher this mysterious code, Thomas travels around the world from Lisbon to Rio, New York, and Jerusalem. He quickly immerses himself in the fascinating history of the discovery of the Americas, and the one enigma that no historian has ever been able to solve: the true identity of Christopher Columbus. Mesmerizing in the way in which it reinterprets history most have come to regard as fact, Codex 632 reveals what could be one of the greatest historical misinterpretations of all time. Source: Publisher.

Seller Inventory # 3461

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Codex 632
• Publisher: William Morrow, NY
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061173185
• ISBN 13: 9780061173189
• Binding: Hardcover_paper spine
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

When Thomas Noronha, a professor of history and an expert cryptographer, is called upon to finish an unresolved investigation involving an aged scholar who is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, his life takes several unexpected and dramatic turns. As Thomas slowly begins to unravel the cryptograms and enigmas that shroud the old professor's work, he finds a code that could possibly change the course of historical scholarship:

Moloc Ninundia Omastoos

In his quest to decipher this mysterious code, Thomas travels around the world from Lisbon to Rio, New York, and Jerusalem. He quickly immerses himself in the fascinating history of the discovery of the Americas, and the one enigma that no historian has ever been able to solve: the true identity of Christopher Columbus.

Mesmerizing in the way in which it reinterprets history most have come to regard as fact, Codex 632 reveals what could be one of the greatest historical misinterpretations of all time.

About the Author

José Rodrigues dos Santos is a professor at the New University of Lisbon and a journalist at RTP, the Portuguese public television station. He is the author of the international bestseller Codex 632. Born in Mozambique, he lives in Portugal.

José Rodrigues dos Santos nació en Mozambique en 1964. Es escritor y periodista y fue director de Información de RTP, la televisión pública de Portugal. Es también el autor de El códice 632.