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Hijacking Enigma - The Insider's Tale

Hijacking Enigma - The Insider's Tale

by Christine Large (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

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Synopsis

The theft from Bletchley Park in 2000 of the legendary Enigma machine, the device used by the Allies to decode German messages during World War II, was an altogether novel and frightening twist on recent history. Closely followed by the British media, the theft of the Enigma machine was later revealed to be part of a well--orchestrated hate campaign against Bletchley Parka s new director, Christine Large. Hijacking Enigma is her story, a harrowing insidera s look at whata s ita s like to be at the centre of a complex cat--and--mouse game and media frenzy.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 302
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 25 Jul 2003
ISBN 10: 0470863463
ISBN 13: 9780470863466

Media Reviews
?Large has now cleverly succeeded in bringing the story up-to-date? (Friends of Bletchley Park Newsletter, Summer 2003)

?a clandestine tale worthy of LaCarre?|quot; (Manchester Evening News, 16 August 2003)

?a book that now reveals all? (Image, September 2003)

?Reading like an action packed thriller, this real life tale tells the story of kidnap? (Best of British, September 2003)

?with spies and detectives, history and extortion, this story is more astounding then any Bond film? (Good Book Guide, September 2003)

?Hijacking Enigma is very readable? (Sunday Citizen , 24 August 2003)

?real life thriller? (Good Book Guide, October 2003)

?a fascinating true-life thriller? (Sunday Post (Dundee), 14 September 2003)

...Thoroughly recommended... (Spitfire Society, Journal November 2003)

...a fascinating story... (Cryptologia, November 2005)

Author Bio
Christine Large continues a line of individualistic Bletchley Park directors. Her career began with a law degree and includes private sector business roles and voluntary work. She has been employed by the National Federation of Women?s Institutes, has been a university lecturer in business studies, a CBI London council member, chaired the governing body of London?s largest state primary school and chaired a national charity.
She helped Bletchley Park as a volunteer for 18 months before being appointed its Director in 1998. Christine?s mother-in-law worked at Bletchley Park during the war and her father-in-law retrieved Allied spies from overseas for Special Operations Executive. Her mission is to build on the codebreaking pioneers? work, transforming the site into a heritage park famed for education and technology innovation.
Christine lives in London and is married with two daughters. Her hobbies include playing the cello and learning Russian.