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

Urban, Mark L.

ISBN 10: 0571205135 / ISBN 13: 9780571205134

Published by Faber & Faber, 2001

About this Item

dust jacket has slight shelf-wear, clean condition, price unclipped, 333pp, pages slight age toned and overall VG condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571205135
• ISBN 13: 9780571205134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 900 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography/Biography

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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.

About the Author

Mark Urban is Diplomatic and Defence Editor for Newsnight. He is the author of, among others, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA, Rifles and Fusiliers.