The Secret Listeners: How the Y Service Intercepted German Codes for Bletchley Park

McKay, Sinclair

ISBN 10: 1845137639 / ISBN 13: 9781845137632

Published by Aurum, London, 2012

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First impression. 8vo. Pp 354 + 16pp b&w photographs. Red cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner has weitten on the front flap of the dust jacket and on the front pastedown endpaper pointing out a factual error made by the publisher on the jacket blurb.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Listeners: How the Y Service Intercepted German Codes for Bletchley Park
• Publisher: Aurum, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845137639
• ISBN 13: 9781845137632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
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Synopsis

The celebrated code breakers of Bletchley Park would have had no messages to decipher without the efforts of the 'Y' ('Wireless') Service, which sent men and women across the globe to listening stations where German messages were intercepted. Sinclair McKay uses interviews with surviving veterans of the Service to tell both the history of this shadowy organization and the personal stories of the young interceptors and their life-changing experiences far from home.

About the Author

SINCLAIR MCKAY is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park and The Secret Listeners for Aurum, as well as histories of Hammer films, the James Bond films, and the pastime of rambling. He lives in London.