Codebreaker girls : a secret life at Bletchley Park / Jan Slimming ; with a foreword by Sir Dermot Turing.

What would it be like to keep a secret for fifty years? Never telling your parents, your children, or even your husband?" 'Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park' tells the true story of Daisy Lawrence. Following extensive research, the author uses snippets of information, unpublished ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slimming, Jan (Author)
Other Authors: Turing, Dermot (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Barnsley ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword Military, 2021.
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Physical Description:xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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