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Originally Posted by CRussel
Having finished The Secrets of Station X, by Michael Smith, an excellent look at the code-breakers of Bletchley Park that was quite an eye-opener in many ways (who knew there were so many different variants of the Enigma machine?), a book nominated for the New Leaf Book Club War theme, I thought it would be fun and interesting to read about codes from the other side of the equation, creating them. So I'm currently reading Between Silk and Cyanide, by Leo Marks who spent the WWII years creating and deciphering codes for the SOE. I'm about 1/3rd of the way through it, and I'm enjoying it immensely. Yet another example of how the book club's focus on Themes, rather than Genres, is leading to wonderful discoveries. |
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Between Silk and Cyanide. 5 Stars, and I have no idea how I'll follow this up. A fascinating read. And I almost began to understand coding by the time I finished, though that wasn't the primary purpose of the book. Leo Marks, whose father owned and operated
Marks & Co, the bookstore at 84 Charing Cross Road, has written a captivating memoir of his years working for SOE Signals Division. Highly recommended!