Codex 632, Jose Rodrigues Dos Santos
Codex 632, Jose Rodrigues Dos Santos
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Codex 632
A Novel About the Secret Identity

Author: Jose Rodrigues Dos Santos

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/18/2008


Synopsis

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 man's unresolved investigation. In the course of unraveling the puzzles and cryptograms shrouding his late predecessor's 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 we've always believed about one of the world's most celebrated adventurers

Reviews

Goodreads review by Schmacko on January 28, 2009

I know that a lot of more-qualified critics (like the Washington Post and Kirkus Review) gushed about Codex 632. Meh, I just don’t think these Da Vinci Code-type books are my cup of tea. So, what I am describing are my feelings—why I didn’t like the book. Codex 632 is about the origins of Christopher......more

Goodreads review by Iceman on December 28, 2012

O ”Codex 632”, escrito entre 2004 e 2005, tenta ser um livro desmistificador da vida de Cristóvão Colombo, pelo menos numa perspectiva de lhe dar uma nacionalidade e, sobretudo, um objectivo. Cristóvão Colombo nunca foi, para mim, uma personagem digna de especial relevo. Para qualquer interessado em H......more

Goodreads review by Maria on July 25, 2015

Apesar das reviews um pouco negativas quanto a este livro, devo dizer que adorei! Identifico-me perfeitamente com a linguagem do autor, especialmente porque não é nenhuma tradução. Deliciou-me a escrita "mesmo à portuguesa", além de que me senti em casa neste todo mundo dos descobrimentos. Penso que o......more

Goodreads review by David on May 28, 2010

Pretty good Portuguese novel about a university professor hired by a theoretically scholarly organization to find out when Brazil was actually first visited by Europeans turns into a Da Vinci Code-type potboiler on the real identity of Christopher Columbus, (if that is really his name!) Full of some......more

Goodreads review by Maria on November 29, 2017

This first adventure of Professor Tomás Noronha is an excellent and instructive book. The whole approach to the plot is quite interesting, and all the knowledge the Author shares about Cristovão Columbus and his REAL origins is amazing and breathtaking for those who love History. I loved this book! M......more