The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park
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The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park
The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park

The Secret Listeners: The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park

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Sinclair McKay (Author)  

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Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret...The men and women of the ' Y' (for Wireless' ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military's encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures - travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes - but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews with surviving veterans, Sinclair McKay tells their remarkable story at last.
SINCLAIR MCKAY is the acclaimed author of history and historical true crime including the best-selling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park. HIs previous Aurum titles include Mile End Murder, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, The Secret Life of Fighter Command and The Secret Listeners for Aurum, as well as histories of Hammer films and the James Bond films. He writes features for the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday and lives in London.
  • Contributor: Sinclair McKay
  • Imprint: Aurum
  • ISBN13: 9781781310793
  • Number of Pages: 352
  • Packaged Dimensions: 153x234mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2013-07-04
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: SINCLAIR MCKAY is the acclaimed author of history and historical true crime including the best-selling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park. HIs previous Aurum titles include Mile End Murder, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, The Secret Life of Fighter Command and The Secret Listeners for Aurum, as well as histories of Hammer films and the James Bond films. He writes features for the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday and lives in London.

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