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The Secret Listener The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept The German Codes for Bletchley Park

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  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 352

    Pages
  • 9781781310793

    ISBN
  • 129 mm

    Width
  • 198 mm

    Height
  • 275 gram

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  • THE

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  • PAPERBACK

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  • 1 JULY 2013

    Publish Date
  • 22 mm

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    Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the 'Y' (for Wireless') Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures - travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes - but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews...  Read More

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    Sinclair McKay

    Sinclair McKay writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and The Secret Listeners and has written books about James Bond and Hammer horror for Aurum. His next book, about the wartime “Y” Service during World War II, is due to be published by Aurum in 2012. He lives in London.
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