10-01-2016 11:44 AM - edited 10-01-2016 11:45 AM
I picked this up in a local charity shop in Accrington yesterday, It cost me 99p.
Harbacked first edition from 2000 titled "Eniga....The battle for the code". Signed by Author Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.
Nicholas Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 5 March 1955) is a British writer. He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non-fiction writer. His second book "Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man" was published in 2006 (by Viking in the UK: ISBN 0-670-91082-1, and by Harvard University Press in the US: ISBN 978-0-674-02439-7). His cousin Denzil was a platoon commander at Dunkirk. His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine code at Bletchley Park[2] during World War II (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000). His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1938.
10-01-2016 11:57 AM
That's a really nice find, Alex and looks like an interesting read.
10-01-2016 12:19 PM
Pleased for you Alex, keep them coming. A fascinating part of WWII history - literally the key to so much. One for me yesterday, Jack Petchey, but already got one of these so this one is destned for ebay soon. 🙂
10-01-2016 4:50 PM
nice find Alex, looks an interesting read
10-01-2016 7:06 PM
Yet another great find Alex well done , I had another look in our local charity shops yesterday but no signed books , I did pick up an unsigned copy of Midge Ure's book which I've always fancied reading . .
10-01-2016 8:28 PM
A cracking book to find Alex. Living in MK close to Bletchley Park this goes down well with me. Nice one.
10-01-2016 8:28 PM