The Road to Station X
Title | The Road to Station X PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Baring |
Publisher | |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2020-12-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781800550599 |
An engrossing account of working in the top-secret world of Bletchley Park during World War Two. Perfect for fans of Sinclair McKay, Tessa Dunlop and Andrew Hodges. In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes? And what did she do within the confines of Bletchley's Hut 4 that allowed the British Navy to be always one step ahead of their foes? Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 dramatically altered the course of Sarah's life. Knowing that she could not stand by while others were enlisting, she left her position in Vogue magazine and signed up to work as a telephonist at an Air Raid Precautions Centre before working in a fighter plane factory to do her bit. The women that she worked alongside were unlike those she had known in her high society life and opened her eyes to a completely different world. Yet, after just a few months, she was requested to leave the factory behind and was thrust into the world of intelligence, code-breaking and huge computers, rubbing shoulders with awkward geniuses like Alan Turing. The Road to Station X provides a window into the life of a young woman that shifted from being a carefree debutante to factory girl to working with code-breakers in Bletchley Park as a result of the turbulent events of World War Two. As the Daily Mail stated, "her natural modesty meant she hardly mentioned her vital contribution to Britain's war effort." However, shortly before she died she wrote her memoir which "revealed the truth about her role in the war."
Station X
Title | Station X PDF eBook |
Author | George McLeod Winsor |
Publisher | Macmillan Reference USA |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Fiction |
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South/North Corridor Project, Improvements to the Existing Urban Transportation
Title | South/North Corridor Project, Improvements to the Existing Urban Transportation PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 550 |
Release | 1999 |
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MO-60 Transportation Improvements, Connecting Van Buren to Poplar Bluff, Butter County, Carter County
Title | MO-60 Transportation Improvements, Connecting Van Buren to Poplar Bluff, Butter County, Carter County PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 238 |
Release | 1998 |
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Road to Station X
Title | Road to Station X PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Baring |
Publisher | |
Pages | 175 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780947828776 |
The Secrets of Station X
Title | The Secrets of Station X PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Smith |
Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2011-10-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1849542627 |
The astonishing story of how the British codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked the Nazi Enigma cyphers, cutting an estimated two years off the Second World War, never ceases to amaze. No one is better placed to tell that story than Michael Smith, whose number one bestseller Station X was one of the earliest accounts. Using recently released secret files, along with personal interviews with many of the codebreakers themselves, Smith now provides the definitive account of everything that happened at Bletchley Park during the war, from breaking the German, Italian and Japanese codes to creating the world's first electronic computer. The familiar picture of Bletchley Park is of eccentric elderly professors breaking German codes, but in fact the vast majority of people who worked at Bletchley Park were young women. For them and for the young graduates plucked from Britain's best universities who did the bulk of the day-to-day codebreaking, this was truly the time of their lives. The Secrets of Station X tells their story in full, providing an enthralling account of one of the most remarkable British success stories of all time.
Elizabeth and Philip
Title | Elizabeth and Philip PDF eBook |
Author | Tessa Dunlop |
Publisher | Headline |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2022-11-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1035402440 |
'A riveting take on an extraordinary relationship' - Richard Eden, Daily Mail 'A fresh and original approach' - Hugo Vickers, Royal Biographer She was 'sugar pink' innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union but success was not guaranteed. Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy plunges us back into the 1940s when a teenage princess fell in love with a foreign prince. Cue fears of a flirtatious 'Greek' fortune hunter stealing off with Britain's crown jewel and Philip's supporters scrambling to reframe him as a good fit for the Royal Family. Drawing on original newspaper archives and the opinions of Elizabeth and Philip's contemporaries, historian Dr Tessa Dunlop discovers a post-war world on the cusp of major change. Unprecedented polling on Philip's suitability was a harbinger of pressures to come for a couple whose marriage was branded the ultimate global fairytale. Theirs was a partnership like no other. Six years after Elizabeth promised to be an obedient wife Philip got down on bended knee at the coronation and committed himself as the Queen's 'liege man of life and limb.' Published 75 years after their marriage, this deeply touching history explores the ups and downs, the public appeal and the private tensions that defined an extraordinary relationship. The high stakes involved might have devoured a less committed pair - but Elizabeth and Philip shared a common purpose, one higher even than marriage, with roots much deeper than young love. Happy and Glorious, for better or for worse, how did their union succeed? Monarchy was the magic word.