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The rule of four de Ian Caldwell
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The rule of four (2004 original; edició 2004)

de Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:A mysterious coded manuscript, a violent Ivy League murder, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide in a labyrinth of betrayal, madness, and genius.
THE RULE OF FOUR

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets -- to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. As the deadline looms, research has stalled -- until an ancient diary surfaces. What Tom and Paul discover inside shocks even them: proof that the location of a hidden crypt has been ciphered within the pages of the obscure Renaissance text.

Armed with this final clue, the two friends delve into the bizarre world of the Hypnerotomachia -- a world of forgotten erudition, strange sexual appetites, and terrible violence. But just as they begin to realize the magnitude of their discovery, Princeton's snowy campus is rocked: a longtime student of the book is murdered, shot dead in the hushed halls of the history department.

A tale of timeless intrigue, dazzling scholarship, and great imaginative power, The Rule of Four is the story of a young man divided between the future's promise and the past's allure, guided only by friendship and love.

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Títol:The rule of four
Autors:Ian Caldwell
Altres autors:Dustin Thomason
Informació:New York : Bantam Dell, 2005, c2004.
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    paradoxosalpha: The Hellfire Club is what The Rule of Four might be if it had graduated college and grown up some. The thrills are more thrilling, the enigmatic text is more imaginary, and the characters are deeper and more perplexing. Yale is a bit of background in Straub's book, contrasted with the foregrounded Princeton in The Rule of Four.… (més)
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    Gaelstirler: Hunt for a lost manuscript by Wm Shakespeare using clues left in the letters of a Renaissance smuggler found hidden inside the bindings of an antiquarian's book. The hunt includes deciphering coded messages and maps, murder, suspense, and greed as in The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell.… (més)
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Es mostren 1-5 de 173 (següent | mostra-les totes)
the bits about the hypnerotomachia- the mysterious ancient manuscript were fun-but overall it didn't draw nme in as much as I had hoped ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
(2004) Pretty good story of 4 college students at Princeton that try to solve the mystery of a 15th century book that has puzzled investigators over the year. It leads to two murders and the death of one of the 4. Much better written than any of Dan Brown's books of similar subject matter.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
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  BruceJudd | Jan 8, 2024 |
The editorial reviews on this book were glowing, so I picked it up my for genre fiction class. I had mixed feelings about it. It wasn't unreadable, but it wasn't great. I feel like it's the kind of book you'd expect from recent college graduates. Meh. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
I liked it. I enjoyed the characters – i love a book with good character development. They were believable and likeable (for the most part). The story itself was the ‘ok’ part. A friend was right when he said the puzzles were useless as the reader couldn’t solve them. If you ignore the puzzles, it was a mediocre mystery novel with some historical fact/fiction thrown in.

Overall, it was a fun read, but by no means a must read. ( )
  PurplOttr | Dec 1, 2023 |
Es mostren 1-5 de 173 (següent | mostra-les totes)
As a thriller, The Rule of Four is not especially fast-paced, but the personalities and relationships are well-handled, as is the narrator's conflict between his desire for a normal relationship with his girlfriend and the sense that he is being dragged into dangerous obsession. This is good entertainment, a Da Vinci Code for people with brains.
afegit per danielx | editaThe Independent, Jane Jakeman (May 31, 2004)
 
This promises well for the future of the authors, either together or separately. Next time, their ambition may vault lower and their presentation smoother, but meanwhile The Rule of Four is a great read on its own youthfully brash terms. The title, by the way, refers not (or not only) to the roommates or to their college years but again to the encryption in the Hypnerotomachia. It is never fully explained.
 

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Caldwell, Ianautor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
Thomason, Dustinautor principaltotes les edicionsconfirmat
Hamilton, JoshNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Risvik, KariTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Risvik, KjellTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Wahlund, TorstenNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Woodman, JeffNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:A mysterious coded manuscript, a violent Ivy League murder, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide in a labyrinth of betrayal, madness, and genius. THE RULE OF FOUR

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets -- to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. As the deadline looms, research has stalled -- until an ancient diary surfaces. What Tom and Paul discover inside shocks even them: proof that the location of a hidden crypt has been ciphered within the pages of the obscure Renaissance text.

Armed with this final clue, the two friends delve into the bizarre world of the Hypnerotomachia -- a world of forgotten erudition, strange sexual appetites, and terrible violence. But just as they begin to realize the magnitude of their discovery, Princeton's snowy campus is rocked: a longtime student of the book is murdered, shot dead in the hushed halls of the history department.

A tale of timeless intrigue, dazzling scholarship, and great imaginative power, The Rule of Four is the story of a young man divided between the future's promise and the past's allure, guided only by friendship and love.

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