Word: hynerotomachia
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Helping Paul is his friend Tom Sullivan. Deciphering the Hynerotomachia consumed Tom’s father until his sudden death, and has fascinated the boys since their freshman year...
...whirlwind of mystery, betrayal and discovery. Set on Princeton’s campus, The Rule of Four, by Princeton alum Ian Caldwell and Dustin E. Thomason ’98, blends fact and fiction around one of the most rare, yet least understood books of the Renaissance period, the Hynerotomachia Poliphili...
...idea for a college mystery, however, came to the pair during their senior year of college. “When Ian discovered the Hynerotomachia Poliphili in a class at Princeton, we thought what kind of story can we connect around this, and how can we use it to generate an interesting piece of fiction,” Thomason said in a phone interview...
...Hynerotomachia, known for its perverse sexuality and violence, has enchanted scholars for hundreds of years because of its encrypted messages, unknown author and bizarre history. The Rule of Four opens with senior Paul Harris racing to complete the last stages of research for his thesis on the work...
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