Description
| Product ID: | 9781781310793 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Secret Listeners |
| Subtitle: | The Men and Women Posted Across the World to Intercept the German Codes for Bletchley Park |
| Authors: | Author: Sinclair McKay |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Second World War, Espionage and secret services, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Espionage & secret services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret. Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret…The men and women of the ‘ Y’ (for Wireless’ ) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military’s encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion. Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures – travel out by flying boat or Indian railways, snakes in filing cabinets and heat so intense the perspiration ran into your shoes - but many of the secret listeners found lifelong romance in their far-flung corner of the world. Now, drawing on dozens of interviews with surviving veterans, Sinclair McKay tells their remarkable story at last. |
| Imprint Name: | Aurum |
| Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-07-04 |
