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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
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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.
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  • Year: 2023
  • Pages: 384
  • ISBN: 9780062035035
  • ISBN-10: 0062035037
  • ISBN-13: 9780062035035
  • Format: ePub
  • Language: English

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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.

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  • Author: Mark Urban
  • Publisher:
  • Year: 2023
  • Pages: 384
  • ISBN: 9780062035035
  • ISBN-10: 0062035037
  • ISBN-13: 9780062035035
  • Format: ePub
  • Language: English English

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.

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