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Orphan of the Flames

H.L. Dennis

The team of code-crackers face a new code that has never been solved. Brodie, Hunter and Tusia are back at Station X, the secret code-cracking station at Bletchley Park. And they are still wrestling with the great unanswered question: what secret lies behind the ancient, coded Voynich Manuscript? Their first adventure left them with a musical box that plays a tune by the composer, Elgar. Elgar loved codes.
At once they are off on a new search which takes them to the stories behind Elgar's famous music and a coded letter he wrote to a young friend, Dorabella. The 'Dorabella Cipher' has never, ever been solved. Now our team of code-breakers are on a twisting trail via medieval book burnings in Florence, a mysterious boy known as the Orphan of the Flames, and a one-time famous prisoner in London's Newgate Prison who wrote about King Arthur. Where is it all leading? And will they survive, when hot on their trail is a secret organisation that has always thwarted the search for Truth and is prepared to kill to stop them ...  The second story in this highly original puzzle-solving series - a Da Vinci Code for kids. The reader races along with the Secret Breakers team to break the code ...   Enter the world of the Secret Breakers at http://hldennis.com/

  • Classification : Older Readers (8-12)
  • Pub Date : OCT 1, 2012
  • Imprint : Hodder Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 336
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780340999622
  • Price : INR 599
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H.L. Dennis

Helen Dennis was born in Brighton and loves living near the sea. She was a teacher for twenty years and now writes full time - but enjoys making school visits where she runs code-cracking and creative writing sessions.

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