First edition first printing hardback, 2001, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unmarked condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small set of initials to half-title upper rh corner; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

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Titel

The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Code: The Story Of George Scovell

Verlag

Faber and Faber

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0571205135

ISBN-13

9780571205134

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

1st Edition

Zustand

Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

Fine

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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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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. In 1812, with two great armies manoeuvering across the Spanish plains, each struggles to gain an advantage. Wellington was aware that he might turn the tide of the war if he defeated the French. Good intelligence was the key, but the impenetrable code used by the French, the "Great Paris Cipher" seemed indecipherable. One man, Major George Scovell, was given the impossible task. This remarkable man of low birth who struggled for advancement in the ranks of better-connected officers was the perfect subject for a fascinating, multi-faceted study.

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