The man who broke Napoleon's codes: The story of George Scovell

Urban, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0571205135 ISBN 13: 9780571205134

Published by Faber and Faber, 2001

Language: English

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The man who broke Napoleon's codes: The story of George Scovell

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Faber and Faber

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0571205135

ISBN 13

9780571205134

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Hardcover

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Fine

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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.

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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.

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