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Author | Robert Harris |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Set in | World War II |
Publisher | Hutchinson |
Publication date | 4 September 1995 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
ISBN | 0091779235 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 32626914 |
Enigma is a 1995 novel by Robert Harris about Tom Jericho, a young mathematician trying to break the Germans' "Enigma" ciphers during World War II.[1] Jericho is stationed in Bletchley Park, the British cryptology central office, and is worked to the point of physical and mental exhaustion. The book was adapted to film in 2001.