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Briggs, Asa

 
9781848326156: Secret Days: Codebreaking in Bletchley Park
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ISBN 10 : 1848326157 ISBN 13 : 9781848326156
Editeur : Frontline Books, 2011

Synopsis

The Bletchley Park memoir of Lord Asa Briggs will be one of the most important documents to be published in 2011. Lord Briggs has long been regarded as one of Britain s most important historians. He has never, however, written about his time at Bletchley Park. The publication, which will coincide with Lord Briggs 90th birthday, is a meticulously researched account of life in Hut Six, written by a codebreaker who worked there for five years alongside Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman. In addition to discussing the progress of the Allies codebreaking efforts and their impact on the war, Lord Briggs considers what the Germans knew about Bletchley and how they reacted to revelatory memoirs about the Enigma machine, which were not published until the 1970s. Briggs himself did not tell his wife about his wartime career until the 1970s and his parents died without ever knowing about their son s contribution to the wartime effort. The book will be launched at Bletchley in May 2011, in the presence of other Hut 6 veterans and part of the proceeds will be donated to the fund to restore Hut 6 to its former glory.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Bletchley Park memoir of Lord Asa Briggs will be one of the most important documents to be published in 2011. Lord Briggs has long been regarded as one of Britain s most important historians. He has never, however, written about his time at Bletchley Park. The publication, which will coincide with Lord Briggs 90th birthday, is a meticulously researched account of life in Hut Six, written by a codebreaker who worked there for five years alongside Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman. In addition to discussing the progress of the Allies codebreaking efforts and their impact on the war, Lord Briggs considers what the Germans knew about Bletchley and how they reacted to revelatory memoirs about the Enigma machine, which were not published until the 1970s. Briggs himself did not tell his wife about his wartime career until the 1970s and his parents died without ever knowing about their son s contribution to the wartime effort. The book will be launched at Bletchley in May 2011, in the presence of other Hut 6 veterans and part of the proceeds will be donated to the fund to restore Hut 6 to its former glory.

Biographie de l'auteur

ASA BRIGGS is one of the most highly respected British historians. He is the author of Victorian People, Victorian Cities and Victorian Things. He has also written a five-volume history of broadcasting in the United Kingdom. He was made a life peer in 1976.

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Éditeur
Frontline Books
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848326157
ISBN 13 
9781848326156
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
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