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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audioworks
Publication date September 13, 2004
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Unabridged
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780743540292
ISBN-10 0743540298
Dimensions 1.25 by 5 by 5.75 in.
Weight 0.65 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $49.95
Other format details audio
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
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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.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780385337113
 
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 23, 2004)
9780786267996 | details & prices | 621 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $30.95
from Dial Pr (May 1, 2004)
9780385337113 | details & prices | 372 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Trying to decipher an ancient text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, two researchers obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780099557487 Book cover for 9780385337120 Book cover for 9780440241355
 
from Gardners Books (June 6, 2013)
9780099557487 | details & prices | 544 pages | List price $14.00
from Dial Pr (August 21, 2012)
9780385337120 | details & prices | 386 pages | 7.00 × 5.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.76 lbs | List price $16.00
Reprint edition from Dell Pub Co (June 28, 2005)
9780440241355 | details & prices | 448 pages | 4.75 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Trying to decipher an ancient text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, two researchers obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780743529730 Book cover for 9780743540292 Book cover for 9780743552127
 
With Josh Hamilton (other contributor) | Abridged edition from Encore Editions (May 1, 2006)
9780743552127 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Jeff Woodman (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Simon & Schuster Audioworks (September 13, 2004)
9780743540292 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $49.95
About: Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
With Josh Hamilton (other contributor) | Abridged edition from Simon & Schuster Audioworks (May 1, 2004)
9780743529730 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780743529723 Book cover for 9780743540285
 
With Jeff Woodman (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Simon & Schuster Audioworks (September 1, 2004)
9780743540285 | details & prices | 4.00 × 6.75 × 2.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $49.95
About: Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
With Josh Hamilton (other contributor) | Abridged edition from Simon & Schuster Audioworks (April 1, 2004)
9780743529723 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Endeavoring to decipher a five-hundred-year-old text that weaves a mathematical labyrinth within a love story, researchers Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris obtain a diary that may contain the key to the code, but when a fellow researcher is killed, they realize that the book contains a dangerous secret.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780606268295 Book cover for 9781439565759
 
from Turtleback Books (August 21, 2012)
9780606268295 | details & prices | List price $28.20
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 20, 2008)
9781439565759 | details & prices | 448 pages | List price $16.99
About: An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Four—a brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.

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