Rodrigues dos Santos, Jose. Codex 632; a novel about the secret identity of Christopher Columbus.(Young adult review)(Audiobook review)

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RODRIGUES dos SANTOS, Jose. Codex 632; a novel about the secret identity of Christopher Columbus. Read by George Guidall. 10 cds. 11.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 2008. 978-1-4281-6514-4. $123.75. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA

There are no murders, little profanity, and only hints of sex, but the drama builds as the main character in this novel attempts to unravel a six-century-old question: where did Christopher Columbus come from? This novel begins in a university classroom in Lisbon. Professor Thomas Noranha, a crypto-analyst, is explaining how the Rosetta Stone was ...

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