Between Silk and Cyanide A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

Name: Between Silk and Cyanide A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
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ISBN: 9780684867809

ISBN-10: 068486780X

ISBN-13: 9780684867809

Edition: 2000

Authors: Leo Marks

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In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. As a top codemaker, Marks had a unique perspective on one of the most fascinating and, until now, little-known aspects of the Second World War. Writing with the narrative flair and vivid characterization of his famous screenplays, Marks gives free rein to his keen…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 9/12/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



List of Illustrations



A Hard Man to Place



The Pilot Light



A Collector's Item



'Merde Alors!'



All Things Bright and Beautiful



The Fifth Grouse



SOE-minded



The Plumber and His Mate



The Godfather



The Sixth Sense



The High-Pitched Bleep



A Shock Discovery



The Biter Bitten



The Last-Chance Month



The Bolt Hole



A Question of Y



Arquebus, Gunnerside and Golf



The Coding Cabaret



Summit Meeting



The Findings of the Court



Repercussions



The Launching of Plan Giskes



Special Devices



Judgement Day



Permission to Proceed?



Court Martial



Criminal Negligence



Green Ink



Best Read at Night



The War Dance



Accidents Will Happen



Pilgrim's Progress



The 'Hard Men'



Judicial Review



The Masterstroke



Desperate Measures



Punitive Expedition



The Secret Weapon



Appointment with Royalty



The Extended Briefing



Operation Gift-horse



A Terrible Gaffe



Operation Sidetrack



Beyond Belief



Parallel Action



The Club Rules



Lake Como's Bottom



'I Hereby Bequeath ...'



A Treat for the Natives



Homecoming



Stranglehold



Man with a Mission



Breaking Point



Who Stole Your Grace?



The Forty-Eight Mistakes



Unique in SOE



The Major Development



'If I Should Die, Etcetera'



The Invisible Presence



Fumigated



A Mere Squadron Leader



Without Precedent



Open Arrest



Misgivings



'The Life that I Have'



April Fool's Day



The New Boys



Inexcusable



For Your Ears Only



Neptune's Trident



Staying Power



'They Also Serve ...'



Self-Defence



Taken for Granted



The Day of Reckoning



Pockets of Resistance



Operation Periwig



Serial Number 47685



For Services Rendered



Exemplary Conduct



The Last Mischief


Epilogue


Appendix


Index