- United States, Conspiracies, Archivists, Fiction
A young archivist working in the National Archives and his childhood crush accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact--a 200-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington--hidden inside a desk chair. Eager to discover why the President is hiding this important national treasure, the two soon find themselves entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder that will reveal the most well-kept secret of the U.S. Presidency.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Brad Meltzer, Scott Brick
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Grand Central Pub., Hodder Education Group
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781455500376
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