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 pre-war 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 Enigma 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 propaganda postersNewly 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.
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- Authors:
- McKay, Sinclair|Bletchley Park
- Year Published:
- 2016
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781781315347
- Number of Pages:
- 176
- Publication Date:
- 04/02/2016
- Publisher:
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781781315347