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

McKay, Sinclair

ISBN 10: 1845137639 / ISBN 13: 9781845137632

Published by Aurum Press Ltd, 2012

About this Item

Signed by Author(s) A fine book in a fine DW. This is the authors follow up book to the very successful "The Secret Life of Bletchley Park". This is the story of the "Y" service. Y for wireless the people that were sent to all parts of the world to listen in to the secret messages that were being transmitted by the enemy during World War II, then passing that information back to Bletchley Park. It's also quite a human story with a short but excellent Bibliography. Signed & dated, Sinclair McKay - Oct 12.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Listeners: How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park (Signed)
• Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845137639
• ISBN 13: 9781845137632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: ISigned by Author(s)

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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.