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Author: Sinclair McKay
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781472258311
ISBN 10: 1472258312
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 September 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
"""A portrait of one of the most remarkable brain factories the world has ever seen.""--Max Hastings, author of The Secret War: Spies, Codes, and Guerrillas: 1939-45 ""A stunning plunge into the social and political complexities surrounding the men and women who broke the Enigma code. A gripping read.""--Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila, authors of Code Talker ""This very readable and competent book captures well the extraordinary atmosphere of eccentrics working hard together in almost complete secrecy.""--The Guardian Praise for Sinclair McKay's The Secret Life of Codebreakers ""An eloquent tribute to a quite remarkable group of men and women, whose like we will not see again.""--Mail on Sunday"
Praise for Sinclair McKay's The Secret Life of Codebreakers An eloquent tribute to a quite remarkable group of men and women, whose like we will not see again. --Mail on Sunday This very readable and competent book captures well the extraordinary atmosphere of eccentrics working hard together in almost complete secrecy. --The Guardian A stunning plunge into the social and political complexities surrounding the men and women who broke the Enigma code. A gripping read. --Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila, authors of Code Talker A portrait of one of the most remarkable brain factories the world has ever seen. --Max Hastings, author of The Secret War: Spies, Codes, and Guerrillas: 1939-45
A portrait of one of the most remarkable brain factories the world has ever seen. --Max Hastings, author of The Secret War: Spies, Codes, and Guerrillas: 1939-45 A stunning plunge into the social and political complexities surrounding the men and women who broke the Enigma code. A gripping read. --Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila, authors of Code Talker This very readable and competent book captures well the extraordinary atmosphere of eccentrics working hard together in almost complete secrecy. --The Guardian Praise for Sinclair McKay's The Secret Life of Codebreakers An eloquent tribute to a quite remarkable group of men and women, whose like we will not see again. --Mail on Sunday
Author Information
Sinclair McKay is a bestelling author and social historian. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers as well as the bestselling Secret Life of Bletchley Park, which together have sold over 400,000 copies. He has authored many other books including The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book, The Tower of London Puzzle Book and Secret Britain. He writes for the Spectator and the Telegraph and spends much of his life eyebrow-deep in dusty archives! He lives in east London.
