The Lost World of Bletchley Park: The Illustrated History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre [First ed.] 9781781311912

Table of contents :
Front Cover
......Page 1
IFC
......Page 2
Front Page......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
Chapter One THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS......Page 15
Chapter Two CONVERSION TO CODEBREAKING FACTORY......Page 28
Chapter Three THE CRYPTOLOGISTS......Page 41
Chapter Four THE GIRLS, THE PEARLS AND THE MUSICAL SERGEANTS......Page 52
Chapter Five THE MACHINES THAT CHANGED THE FUTURE......Page 63
Chapter Six OFF-DUTY HOURS AND THE PRESSURE VALVES......Page 76
Chapter Seven BLETCHLEY THE WARTIME TOWN......Page 88
Chapter Eight THE WORLDWIDE LISTENERS......Page 98
Chapter Nine BLETCHLEY PARK'S FAMOUS FACES......Page 109
Chapter Ten BROKEN CODES AND THE COURSE OF HISTORY......Page 120
Chapter Eleven WHAT THE CODEBREAKERS DID NEXT......Page 133
Chapter Twelve BLETCHLEY AFTER THE WAR......Page 143
Chapter Thirteen RESCUE AND
RENOVATION......Page 151
Chapter Fourteen ROYALS, DIGNITARIES - AND JAMES BOND......Page 160
Copyright......Page 173
Rear Cover......Page 174

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