Paperback. The author vividly brings alive the battlefields of the Spanish plains as he reassesses the Napoleonic Wars in the light of his groundbreaking study of Major George Scovell, the man Wellington entrusted with the deciphering of the 'Great Paris Cipher- - the French code of unrivalled complexity. 'Scovell's story is fascinating and Mark Urban, Newsnight's diplomatic editor, tells it brilliantly. The narrative follows Scovell from the British evacuation from Coruna in norther Spain in 1809 through to Waterlook six years later and, apart from being fun, the book actually breaks new ground'. (Observer). Illustrated. 333 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 110412

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Titel: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Code. The Story...

Verlag: Faber & Faber, London England

Erscheinungsdatum: 2001

Einband: Soft cover

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This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. The French army, during the Peninsular War, used a code of unrivalled complexity - the "Great Paris Cipher". Major George Scovell used a network of Spanish guerillas to capture coded French messages, and then set to work decrypting them.

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Mark Urban is Diplomatic and Defence Editor for Newsnight. He is the author of, among others, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA, Rifles and Fusiliers.

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