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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell Paperback – 8 July 2002

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  • ISBN-10 : 0571205380
  • Paperback : 352 pages
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0571205387
  • Dimensions : 12.6 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Publisher : Faber and Faber; New Ed edition (8 July 2002)
  • Language: : English
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This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. The French army, during the Peninsular War, used a code of unrivalled complexity - the "Great Paris Cipher". Major George Scovell used a network of Spanish guerillas to capture coded French messages, and then set to work decrypting them.

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Mark Urban is Diplomatic and Defence Editor for Newsnight. He is the author of, among others, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA, Rifles and Fusiliers.

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