Cryptic Hetty Lui McKinnon In the The Crossing

In the The Crossing

more intimate and more expansive

” Via dozens of new interviews and archival research

and describing personal connections to the objects he treasures

the gut-wrenching ballad 'She Talks To Angels' or their brilliant cover of Otis Redding's 'Hard to Handle'

Cryptic Hetty Lui McKinnon In the The CrossingBooks can change the world. They can influence, entertain, transport, and enlighten. But across the centuries, authors have disguised their work with codes and ciphers, secret scripts and magical signs. What made these authors decide to keep their writings secret? What were they trying to hide? Garry J. Shaw tells the stories of nine puzzling European texts. Shaw explores the unknown alphabet of the nun Hildegard of Bingen; the enciphered manuscripts