The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The True Story of a Forgotten Hero in Wellington's Army

Urban, Mark

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: HarperCollins, 2002

0060934557 / 9780060934552

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First printing. Edge wear, single spine crease, address label on front flyleaf. 2002 Trade Paperback. xix, 348 pp. The Duke of Wellington - who began his military career as Arthur Wellesley - is rightly credited for the strategic and intelligence-gathering brilliance that culminated in Britain's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Two centuries later, many of his subordinates are still remembered for their roles in these historic campaigns. But Lt. Col. George Scovell is not among them. This is the story of a man of common birth - bound, according to the severe social strictures of eighteenth-century England, for the life of a tradesman - who would become his era's most brilliant code-breaker and an officer in Wellesley's army. In an age when officers were drawn almost exclusively from the ranks of the nobility, George Scovell - an engraver's apprentice - joined Wellesley in 1809. Scovell provides a fascinating lens through which to view a critical era in military history - his treacherous rise through the ranks despite the scorn of his social betters, and his presence alongside Wellesley in each of the major European campaigns from the Iberian Peninsula through Waterloo. But Scovell was more than just a participant in those events. Already recognized as a gifted linguist, Scovell would prove a remarkably nimble cryptographer. Encoded communiques between Napoleon and his generals, intercepted by the British, were brought to Scovell for his skilled deciphering. As Napoleon's encryption techniques became more sophisticated, Wellesley came to rely ever more on Scovell's genius for this critical intelligence. In Scovell's lifetime, his role in Britain's greatest military victory was grudgingly acknowledged, but his accomplishments would eventually be credited to others - including Wellington himself. His name - and contributions - have been largely overlooked. The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes tells the fascinating story of the early days of cryptology, re-creates the high drama of some of Europe's most remarkable military campaigns, and restores the mantle of hero to a man heretofore forgotten by history.…

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Título
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The True Story of a Forgotten Hero in Wellington's Army
Autor
Urban, Mark
Editorial
HarperCollins
Año de publicación
2002
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Very Good
Encuadernación
Trade Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0060934557
ISBN 13
9780060934552
Edición
1st Printing.
Peso del artículo
18 onzas
Dimensiones
5x0x8

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