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Between Silk and Cyanide: a Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
Author(s): Leo Marks (Author)
- Publisher: The Free Press
- Publication Date: 9 Jun. 1999
- Language: English
- Print length: 624 pages
- ISBN-10: 0684864223
- ISBN-13: 9780684864228
Book Description
A brilliant World War II cryptographer chronicles his career in the Special Operations Executive, discussing his replacement of outmoded codes with one-time silk-printed codes and showing how he broke de Gaulle’s secret code, helped organize secret D-Day armies, and much more. 25,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Leo Marks is renowned both as a cryptographer and as a screenwriter. His most famous work, Peeping Tom, a terrifying psychological thriller, is a cult classic of 1960s cinema, rereleased in 1999 under the auspices of Martin Scorsese. His father, Benjamin Marks, was the founder and owner of the legendary London bookshop 84 Charing Cross Road.
