Birth of a Legend: The Spitfire
by Quill, Jeffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG+ (see notes) /VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0874747767
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747768
- Seller
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Fitzwilliam , New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Between Silk and Cyanide is a book by former SOE cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when he is asked why spies in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic material written on silk (which was in very short supply). Marks said that he replied that it was "between silk and cyanide," meaning that it was a choice between a spy surviving, and having to take a suicide pill.
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- Bookseller
- AardBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MAIN014919I
- Title
- Birth of a Legend: The Spitfire
- Author
- Quill, Jeffrey
- Illustrator
- illus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG+ (see notes)
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd ptg
- ISBN 10
- 0874747767
- ISBN 13
- 9780874747768
- Publisher
- Quiller Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 8vo, 160pp, y
- Bookseller catalogs
- aviation;
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