{"product_id":"9781610272513","title":"The Roman Enigma","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed novel of spies, code-breaking, and intrigue in World War II Italy, \u003ci\u003eTHE ROMAN ENIGMA\u003c\/i\u003e is now presented in a new paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItaly: 1943. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Target: Enigma, the German's bafflingly complex enciphering machine. Its code was unbreakable until ULTRA put the key to winning the war in Allied hands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Plan: A devious double-cross to convince the Germans that their cipher is still secure. Making full use of powerful Vatican connections, it entails sending an agent into Nazi-occupied Rome ... and making sure he is caught. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Agent: Roberto Rovere, a young Italian-American OSS agent. The Allies have cold-bloodedly plotted every detail of his capture and death except one: the Germans want him to escape - alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What raises this novel above many another World War II yarn is the way Murphy combines political realism and religious idealism to question the deepest ideology of them all, a blind nationalism that justifies all excess in the name of the greater good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating and important.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Andrew M. Greeley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cardinal Sins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quid Pro, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037432266992,"sku":"9781610272513","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781610272513_p0.jpg?v=1763836667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781610272513","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}