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Sinclair McKay, Bletchley Park - Bletchley Park, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Bletchley Park

The Secret Archives

Av Sinclair McKay, Bletchley Park

334 kr

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This is beautifully slipcased  presented collector’ s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its pre-war heyday as a country estate, its wartime requisition and how it became the place where modern computing was invented and the German Enigma code was cracked, to its post-war dereliction and then rescue towards the end of the twentieth century as a museum.Removable memorabilia includes:1938 recruiting memo with a big tick against Turing’ s name Churchill’ s ‘ Action this day’ letter giving code breakers extra resources Handwritten Turing memos Top Secret Enigma decryptions, about the sinking of the Bismark, German High Command’ s assessment of D-Day threat and the message announcing Hitler’ s suicide A wealth of everyday items such as call-up papers, security notices and propaganda posters Newly redesigned interiors with 25% new content, high end slipcase package featuring removable facsimile documents, this is an essential purchase for everyone interested and wanting to experience the place where code-breaking helped to win the war.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-02-04
  • Mått: 216 x 241 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 1 010 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 176
  • Förlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781781315347
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SINCLAIR MCKAY is the acclaimed author of history and historical true crime including the best-selling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park. HIs previous Aurum titles include Mile End Murder, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, The Secret Life of Fighter Command and The Secret Listeners for Aurum, as well as histories of Hammer films and the James Bond films. He writes features for the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday and lives in London.

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Illustrated Book of the Month ‘Less a book than an adventure€¦ Even better, the book covers not only the wartime life of Bletchley Park, but also brings the story right up to date with material on the renovation of the buildings and on famous visitors to the site.’

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