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A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions, and change the faces of nations.There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament, too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy. In The Hidden History of Code-Breaking, Sinclair McKay expl...

This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life. From Bletchley Park codebreakers to Hollywood stars, Harold Wilson to Gandhi, these lesser-known interactions reveal glimpses of the man behind the legend.We meet Churchill the mischievous schoolboy with a penchant for singing obscene songs, and Churchill the elde...

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The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - BerlinThroughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre of a convulsing world. This history is often viewed as separate acts: the suffering of the First World War, the cosmopolitan city of science, culture and sexual freedom Berlin became, steep economic plunges, the rise of the Nazis, the destruction o...

A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of nations.There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament, too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy. In The Hidden History of Code Breaking, Sinclair McKay explo...

For as long as people have been able to write, there have been people who have sought to disguise their words so that only the initiated could read them. Discover the codes that changed the course of history and encryptions that changed the nature of civilisations, tales once firmly hidden from view, brought into the light.''Codes are fundamentally about secrets, and the world has always needed secrets.'Bletchley Park Brainteasers is outrageou...

»Man kann das zwanzigste Jahrhundert nicht verstehen, ohne Berlin zu verstehen, und man kann Berlin nicht verstehen, ohne die Erfahrungen der Menschen dort zu verstehen.« Sinclair McKay, Berlin Kaum eine andere Stadt stand im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert so sehr im Zentrum des Weltgeschehens wie Berlin: Ihr Aufstieg zur kosmopolitischen Metropole während der Weimarer Republik, der wirtschaftliche Absturz, die Machtübernahme der National...

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A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES ALTERED HISTORY FOREVER . . . AND YOUR CHANCE TO SOLVE THEM! Join bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and Secret Britain, Sinclair Mckay, in a tantalizing new history of the uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages that shaped the world we know today. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I, from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom t...

A cunning chronicle of the 50 codes that altered the course of history, and changed the world.There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.In 50 Codes that Changed the World, Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden...

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park and Bletchley Park Brainteasers comes an exciting new book that journeys around the top secret and hidden WWII bases and battlegrounds in the UK, and tells the story of the brave men and women who fought and trained in them.

Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from the end of the Great War to the Blockade, rise of the Wall, and beyond...

An almighty storm hit Berlin in the last days of April 1945. Enveloped by the unstoppable force of East and West, explosive shells pounded buildings while the inhabitants of a once glorious city sheltered in dark cellars - just like their Fuhrer in his bunker. The Battle of Berlin was a key moment in history, marking the end of a deathly regime, the defeated city was ripped in two by the competing superpowers of the Cold War. In Berlin, bestse...

Discover the stories of the brave men and women who worked, trained and fought across the UK in an unbelievable effort to defeat the Nazis during the Second World War.From the outset of the war, most of Britain felt like a mystery even to those who lived there. All road and railway signs were removed up and down the country to thwart potential enemy spies. An invisible web of cunning spread across the United Kingdom, secret laboratories were h...

A hundred short biographies of people who worked at the secret wartime codebreaking base of Bletchley Park, and went on in their postwar lives to all manner of remarkable achievements, from government office to composing the score for Dracula films, by the author of the bestselling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park.

Behind the Tower of London's gates there is a world of mystery, intrigue and horror... Would you have been able to escape these ancient walls?The Tower of London is one of the world's most famous landmarks with a rich history of invasion, terror and murder that has captured imaginations for decades. From the Norman Conquest to the Reformation and through the break with Rome, from the murder of a King to the execution of numerous queens, from e...

In February 1945 the Allies obliterated Dresden, the 'Florence of the Elbe'. Explosive bombs weighing over 1, 000 lbs fell every seven and a half seconds and an estimated 25, 000 people were killed. Was Dresden a legitimate military target or was the bombing a last act of atavistic mass murder in a war already won?From the history of the city to the attack itself, conveyed in a minute-by-minute account from the first of the flares to the flame...