Enigma
The Battle For The Code
$53.88
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2017
Summary
Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies, naval officers and ordinary British seamen who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines.
This book tells the whole Enigma story: its original i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474608329 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474608329 |
| Author: | Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Edition: | 75th |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2017 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 42mm |
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Unquestionably deepens and enriches our understanding of the Bletchley story … Sebag-Montefiore demonstrates superbly that the seizure of the Enigma codebooks was among the crucial episodes in Britain’s prosecution of the war - ObserverAbout The Author
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Barrister and journalist (currently attached to the Mail on Sunday). His family owned Bletchley Park - here the Enigma code was broken - until they sold it to the British government in 1937.
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