The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell.VERY GOOD SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION

Mark L. Urban

ISBN 10: 0571205135 / ISBN 13: 9780571205134

Published by Faber & Faber, 2001

About this Item

A very good first printing with a presence of the usual tanning, but normally much heavier in a fine unclipped dust wrapper. This lovely tight copy is SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 17.VIII. 2001 by Mark Urban to the title page. An interesting review of his next work - Rifles - is laid to the rear. Very scarce to find with these attributes. BOXED DESPATCH.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1540203441195

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell.VERY GOOD SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION
• 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: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

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.