Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945Simon and Schuster, 29.04.2001 - 624 Seiten This true account of spycraft in the UK during World War II is “spellbinding...a compelling insider's view to the shadow war: intrigue and treachery, double-dealing and deception, hope and despair, triumph and tragedy” (The New York Times Book Review). 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 World War II. Writing with the narrative flair and vivid characterization of his famous screenplays, Marks gives free rein to his keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, resulting in a thrilling and poignant memoir that celebrates individual courage and endeavor, without losing sight of the human cost and horror of war. |
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... Tommy! . . . he's quite a character.' I didn't realize it at the time but 'quite a character' was even more of an understatement than 84's tax returns. TWO The Pilot Light SOE's security checks were so insecure 15 A HARD MAN TO PLACE.
... Tommy! . . . he's quite a character.' I didn't realize it at the time but 'quite a character' was even more of an understatement than 84's tax returns. TWO The Pilot Light SOE's security checks were so insecure 15 A HARD MAN TO PLACE.
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... Tommy' certainly wasn't everyone's Tommy. Many people in SOE disliked him intensely but that wasn't his only recommendation. He spoke bilingual French and had spent most of his life in France amongst Frenchmen. In 1939 he was general ...
... Tommy' certainly wasn't everyone's Tommy. Many people in SOE disliked him intensely but that wasn't his only recommendation. He spoke bilingual French and had spent most of his life in France amongst Frenchmen. In 1939 he was general ...
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... Tommy for his part never tried to involve me in a discussion about the rival French section run by Buckmaster, which recruited from those who owed no allegiance to de Gaulle. He disapproved of the principle of there being two French ...
... Tommy for his part never tried to involve me in a discussion about the rival French section run by Buckmaster, which recruited from those who owed no allegiance to de Gaulle. He disapproved of the principle of there being two French ...
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... tommy-gun look of utter contempt, then took off his tunic and sat down at the desk. He spent the next two hours doing the dull, routine job of checking my work-sheets without really understanding them, but it was help beyond price to ...
... tommy-gun look of utter contempt, then took off his tunic and sat down at the desk. He spent the next two hours doing the dull, routine job of checking my work-sheets without really understanding them, but it was help beyond price to ...
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... Tommy continued numbering the rest of the letters in alphabetical order until we were looking at: ye o thomas is a pain in the arse 25.5. 16. 23.8.17.13. 1.20. 10.21. 2. 18.3.11.14. 12.15. 24.9. 6. 4.19.22.7. That numbered phrase was ...
... Tommy continued numbering the rest of the letters in alphabetical order until we were looking at: ye o thomas is a pain in the arse 25.5. 16. 23.8.17.13. 1.20. 10.21. 2. 18.3.11.14. 12.15. 24.9. 6. 4.19.22.7. That numbered phrase was ...
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Arquebus asked Baker Street Bletchley Boni Boni’s break briefing officers Buckmaster camouflage caught code department code room code-books code-groups code-name coders Colonel Commander confidence confirmed convinced couldn’t country sections Courtauld cryptographers D-Day Dansey desk didn’t difficult dropped Duke Street Dutch agents Dutch section Ebenezer encoded explained FANYs field figures final finally find finished first France Free French Gaulle Gaulle’s Germans Gestapo girls Giskes glanced going Grendon Gubbins hadn’t hand he’d head Heffer Holland indecipherable indicator-groups instructed Jedburgh knew London looked mistake Nicholls Nick Nick’s nodded Noor office official once one-time pads Ozanne Plan Giskes poem poem-code question realized Secret Army secret French code security checks sent Signals directorate Signals Office silk codes Skinnarland SOE’s teleprint tell there’s they’d Tiltman told Tommy Tommy’s took traffic transmitted transposition-key trying waiting wanted warned wasn’t who’d wireless WOKs words WT operator
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Seite 74 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Seite 19 - Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of being slow. Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust; And Time, a maniac scattering dust, And Life, a Fury slinging flame. Be near me when my faith is dry, And men the flies of latter spring, That lay their eggs, and sting and sing And weave their petty cells and die.
Seite 74 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Seite 13 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Seite 373 - Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust; And Time, a maniac scattering dust, And Life, a Fury slinging flame. Be near me when my faith is dry, And men the flies of latter spring, That lay their eggs, and sting and sing And weave their petty cells and die. Be near me when I fade away, To point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day.
Seite 457 - O WHY do you walk through the fields in gloves, Missing so much and so much? O fat white woman whom nobody loves, Why do you walk through the fields in gloves, When the grass is soft as the breast of doves And shivering-sweet to the touch? O why do you walk through the fields in gloves, Missing so much and so much.
Seite 208 - And the maiden, smelling the burning feathers, cried, ' What have you done to me ? What have you done to me ? ' So saying, she fell down in a faint, and seemed as one dead.
Seite 428 - At that moment there was a knock on the door, and the old woman entered, saying: "This is the tenth day.
Seite 315 - I have gained my subjects' freedom. And if my death may be a lesson to you, then I am more than happy. It is not your sword which makes you a king, it is love alone. Forget not that your life is but little to give if in giving you secure the happiness of your people. Rule them not through power because they are your subjects; nay, rule them through love because they are your children. In this way only you shall be king.