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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Codex 632 : The Secret Of Christopher Columbus: A Novel by Jose Rodrigues Dos Santos
Who was the enigma the world knows as Christopher Columbus . . . and why has his true identity been covered up for centuries?When an aged scholar is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, Thomas Noronha, expert cryptographer and professor of history, is called upon to finish the mans unresolved investigation. In the course of unraveling the puzzles and cryptograms shrouding his late predecessors work, Thomas discovers a code that will set him on a breathtaking race across the globe--from Lisbon to Rio to New York and Jerusalem--as he is drawn into one of the greatest mysteries of all time, a shocking revelation that will alter everything weve always believed about one of the worlds most celebrated adventurers.show more