The log of corrections made to the book

Revision 8 (November 3, 2024)

Cosmetic fixes.


Revision 7 (May 5, 2024)

  • In the English version, fixed a typo caused by voice input which was used by the translator (Wales -> Wells).

Revision 6 (April 28, 2024)

  • In the English version, fixed incorrect reference to Alain Decaux book in the chapter "If The Case Reaches Court..."

Revision 5 (April 23, 2024)

  • In the English version, fixed the Table of Contents.
  • In the English version, fixed a few typos.
  • In the English version, renamed Riverbank's "Department of Cryptography" to "Department of Ciphers" in a couple of places, as it's more historically correct.
  • Added a couple of a new footnotes related to the 4in1.ws website in the last chapter.
  • Updated the links to a new articles in the last chapter.
  • Updated the references to "The Sabines at Riverbank" book.

January 30, 2024

Created beautiful book cover (high-res: ru, en).


Revision 4

  • (January 7, 2024) In English version, fixed a typo in person's name
  • (January 8, 2024) In Russian version, fixed cross-reference to Fig. 29 on page 163

Revision 3 (January 4, 2024)

  • Numerous small stylistic corrections and typo fixes in the English translation
  • Footnote 57 added in both versions

Revision 2 (January 2, 2024)

  • Fixed a few typos in footnotes
  • Synchronized footnotes between Russian and English versions

Revision 1 (December 31, 2023, evening)

  • Last chapter "Post Scriptum...": added a footnote about the year 1923 (Sheldon, R.M. “The Friedman Collection: An Analytical Guide”, 2014, Item 396).

Revision 0 (December 31, 2023, morning)

  • This was the initial release.

Previous revisions of the book can be downloaded here.