Hannibal Fogg: and the Supreme Secret of Man

Through a life cloaked in mystery Edwardian polymath Hannibal G. Fogg pushed the boundaries of exploration science and code-breaking - producing feats of unrivalled cerebral dexterity. Hailing from a landed family Fogg was a confidant to world leaders a soldier swordsman prolific author inventor collector and quite probably the most extraordinary man ever to have lived.But while such genius won him accolades and fame it also fanned the flames of envy. Unable to take Foggs triumphs any longer the British establishment sought to have him discredited. His life work was publically destroyed in what was to become known as the Great Foggian Purge. Banished from England he lived out his days in secrecy - before disappearing on an expedition to Manchuria in the winter of 1939.Almost eight decades passed.Then one morning William Fogg receives a letter from a legal firm in London claiming hes the sole inheritor to his great-great-grandfathers Estate. Knowing almost nothing of his forebear he takes possession of the single object left in the bequest - a large rusty iron key... the key to a door in Marrakesh.And there begins the treasure trail of mystery danger and uproar as William pieces together the clues left for him by Hannibal Fogg. Zigzagging through five continents the quest reveals how Alexander the Great was never beaten in battle. By completing the life work of Hannibal William Fogg strives to lift the veil on the Supreme Secret of Man.First in a series of ground-breaking adventure novels from master storyteller Tahir Shah Hannibal Fogg and the Supreme Secret of Man is unlike anything published in recent times. Ten years in the making its as worldly and wise as the indefatigable Hannibal Fogg.By the celebrated author of The Caliphs House a TIME Top Ten Book of the Year.