Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
The Story of George Scovell
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:8th Jul '02
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This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. The French army, during the Peninsular War, used a code of unrivalled complexity - the "Great Paris Cipher". Major George Scovell used a network of Spanish guerillas to capture coded French messages, and then set to work decrypting them.
ISBN: 9780571205387
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352 pages