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The Man Who Broke Napoleons Codes - The Story Of George Scovell

The Man Who Broke Napoleons Codes - The Story Of George Scovell

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The Man Who Broke Napoleons Codes - The Story Of George Scovell

by Urban, Mark

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Faber & Faber, 2001. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. xvi+333pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, a nice fine copy in a slighttl edge bumped dustjacket. Account of Scovell's breaking of the French armies 'Great Paris Cipher'. From a common background & gifted in languages Scovell managed to crack Napoleon's codes & give Wellington an advantage in the Peninsular war. He found it hard to rise in the ranks due to his low birth.

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Title
The Man Who Broke Napoleons Codes - The Story Of George Scovell
Author
Urban, Mark
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used
Edition
1st edition.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0571205135
ISBN 13
9780571205134
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2001
Keywords
ISBN 0571205135, cryptography, ciphers, codes, napoleon, military, biography, army, peninsular war

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