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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell

The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell

Name: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Mark Urban
ISBN: 9780571205387

Mark Urban

08/07/2002
Faber and Faber

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell par Mark Urban

Résumé

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.