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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Paw Prints
Publication date
October 20, 2008
Pages
448
Binding
Prebinding
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781439565759
ISBN-10
1439565759
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$16.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Fourâa brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.
It's Easter at Princeton. Seniors are scrambling to finish their theses. And two students, Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphiliâa renowned text attributed to an Italian nobleman, a work that has baffled scholars since its publication in 1499. For Tom, their research has been a link to his family's pastâand an obstacle to the woman he loves. For Paul, it has become an obsession, the very reason for living. But as their deadline looms, research has stalledâuntil a long-lost diary surfaces with a vital clue. And when a fellow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotomachia 's secrets.
Suddenly the stakes are raised, and as the two friends sift through the codes and riddles at the heart of the text, they are beginnning to see the manuscript in a new lightânot simply as a story of faith, eroticism and pedantry, but as a bizarre, coded mathematical maze. And as they come closer and closer to deciphering the final puzzle of a book that has shattered careers, friendships and families, they know that their own lives are in mortal danger. Because at least one person has been killed for knowing too much. And they know even more.
From the streets of fifteenth-century Rome to the rarified realm of the Ivy League, from a shocking 500 year-old murder scene to the drama of a young man's coming of age, The Rule of Four takes us on an entertaining, illuminating tour of historyâas it builds to a pinnacle of nearly unbearable suspense.
From the Hardcover edition.
It's Easter at Princeton. Seniors are scrambling to finish their theses. And two students, Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphiliâa renowned text attributed to an Italian nobleman, a work that has baffled scholars since its publication in 1499. For Tom, their research has been a link to his family's pastâand an obstacle to the woman he loves. For Paul, it has become an obsession, the very reason for living. But as their deadline looms, research has stalledâuntil a long-lost diary surfaces with a vital clue. And when a fellow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotomachia 's secrets.
Suddenly the stakes are raised, and as the two friends sift through the codes and riddles at the heart of the text, they are beginnning to see the manuscript in a new lightânot simply as a story of faith, eroticism and pedantry, but as a bizarre, coded mathematical maze. And as they come closer and closer to deciphering the final puzzle of a book that has shattered careers, friendships and families, they know that their own lives are in mortal danger. Because at least one person has been killed for knowing too much. And they know even more.
From the streets of fifteenth-century Rome to the rarified realm of the Ivy League, from a shocking 500 year-old murder scene to the drama of a young man's coming of age, The Rule of Four takes us on an entertaining, illuminating tour of historyâas it builds to a pinnacle of nearly unbearable suspense.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
from Turtleback Books (August 21, 2012)
9780606268295 | details & prices | List price $28.20
The price comparison is for this edition
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 Fourâa brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.
About: An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Fourâa brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.
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