The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell.VERY GOOD SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION

Mark L. Urban

ISBN 10: 0571205135 / ISBN 13: 9780571205134

Edité par Faber & Faber, 2001

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A very good first printing with a presence of the usual tanning, but normally much heavier in a fine unclipped dust wrapper. This lovely tight copy is SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 17.VIII. 2001 by Mark Urban to the title page. An interesting review of his next work - Rifles - is laid to the rear. Very scarce to find with these attributes. BOXED DESPATCH.

N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1540203441195

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• Titre: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell.VERY GOOD SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION
• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0571205135
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780571205134
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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.