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出版社:PALGRAVE
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ISBN:9780230749566
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作者:GRANT SUTHERLAND
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頁數:455
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出版日期:2010-01-01
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印刷日期:2010-01-01
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包裝:平裝
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開本:32開
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版次:1
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印次:1
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Between 1750 and 1815, Britain lost one empire, won another, and emerged from the blood-soaked Napoleonic wars as the greatest power the world had ever known. But at the very centre of the Empire's success lies a secret institution, the Decipherers. These are the code breakers and interceptors - trusted agents whose trade carries them straight into the heart of the deepest conflicts. Among them is young Alistair Douglas...
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Between 1750 and 1815, Britain lost one empire, won another,
and emerged from the blood-soaked Napoleonic wars as the greatest
power the world had ever known. But at the very centre of the
Empire's success lies a secret institution, the Decipherers.
These are the code breakers and interceptors - trusted agents
whose trade carries them straight into the heart of the deepest
conflicts. Among them is young Alistair Douglas.
He arrives in Bengal as a 'writer' for the East India Company
in 1756, just as the whole province is thrown into confusion by
the rise ,to power of the new nawab whose army makes common cause
with the French and marches against the Company's stronghold in
Calcutta. Douglas finds himself thrown into the midst of battles
and intrigues that will decide the fate of the Company - and the
British nation - in the East.
Caught between belligerent superiors, a married woman he
adores and the cannon fire of the enemy, he must try to survive
at any cost...
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