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Item Details
Title:
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THE BLETCHLEY PARK
THE SECRET ARCHIVES |
By: |
Sinclair McKay |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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£21.90 |
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£8.10 |
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ISBN 10: |
1781315345 |
ISBN 13: |
9781781315347 |
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Currently 8 available |
Publisher: |
AURUM PRESS |
Pub. date: |
27 January, 2016 |
Pages: |
176 |
Description: |
A beautiful collector' s edition of Aurum' s popular title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, newly redesigned and featuring removable facsimile documents. |
Synopsis: |
This is beautifully slipcased presented collector' s edition of the best selling title, The Lost World of Bletchley Park, a comprehensive illustrated history of this remarkable place, from its prewar heyday as a country estate, its wartime requisition and how it became the place where modern computing was invented and the German Enigma code was cracked, to its post-war dereliction and then rescue towards the end of the twentieth century as a museum. Removable memorabilia includes: 1938 recruiting memo with a big tick against Turing' s name Churchill' s ' Action this day' letter giving code breakers extra resources Handwritten Turing memos Top Secret Engima decryptions, about the sinking of the Bismark, German High Command' s assessment of D-Day threat and the message announcing Hitler' s suicide A wealth of everyday items such as call-up papers, security notices and propoganda posters Newly redesigned interiors with 25% new content, high end slipcase package featuring removable facsimile documents, this is an essential purchase for everyone interested and wanting to experience the place where code-breaking helped to win the war. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Aurum Press |
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Returnable |
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