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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There (Paperback)
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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There (Paperback)

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Synopsis
Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which its most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like Alan Turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology - indeed, the birth of modern computing. The military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war in North Africa. But, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction - from Robert Harris and Ian McEwan to Andrew Hodges' biography of Turing - what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? What was life like for them - an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? Sinclair McKay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at Bletchley Park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties - of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed Angus Wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) - of a youthful Roy Jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels - and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's work.

Publisher: Aurum Press
ISBN: 9781845136338
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 227 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 23 mm

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“A must read for Bletchley fans”

Having read a few books about Bletchley Park now this is the one that is the most intimate and personal.

It does cover the science and technological side of the code breaking, but this is not the primary focus of the... More

Paperback edition
2nd May 2013
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“Interesting”

Very interesting read, however may fail to do justice to what is undoubtedly a fascinating story. I wanted more of the technical details and it errs a little on the personal story side. However a story which really... More

Paperback edition
1st March 2012
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“Very Disappointing”

Anyone who is looking for a better insight into Enigma, Colossus, bombes, etc and the workings of Bletchley Park will be very disappointed with this offering. The text is based upon a series of interviews with... More

Paperback edition
12th January 2012
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