{ "item_title" : "The Roman Enigma", "item_author" : [" Walter F. Murphy "], "item_description" : "The acclaimed novel of spies, code-breaking, and intrigue in World War II Italy, THE ROMAN ENIGMA is now presented in a new paperback edition. Italy: 1943. The 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. The 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. The 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. 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. - The Washington Post Fascinating and important. - Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Cardinal Sins", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/61/027/251/161027251X_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.24", "online_price" : "17.24", "our_price" : "17.24", "club_price" : "17.24", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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