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Bletchley Park

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This is beautifully slipcased  presented collector’ s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park,  a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its prewar heyday as a country estate, its wartime requisition and how it became the place where modern computing was invented and the German Enigma code was cracked, to its post-war dereliction and then rescue towards the end of the twentieth century as a museum. Removable memorabilia includes: 1938 recruiting memo with a big tick against Turing’ s name Churchill’ s ‘ Action this day’ letter giving code breakers extra resources Handwritten Turing memos Top Secret Engima decryptions, about the sinking of the Bismark, German High Command’ s assessment of D-Day threat and   the message announcing Hitler’ s suicide A wealth of everyday items such as call-up papers, security notices and propoganda posters Newly redesigned interiors with 25% new content, high end slipcase package featuring removable facsimile documents, this is an essential purchase for everyone interested and wanting to experience the place where code-breaking helped to win the war.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781781315347
Publication date: 4th February 2016
Author: Sinclair McKay, Bletchley Park
Publisher: Aurum an imprint of Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 176 pages
Genres: Second World War
Modern warfare
European history
Espionage and secret services