The reason for the huge commercial success of Sinclair McKay's The
Secret Life of Bletchley Park was simple: for the first time it
told the stories of the ordinary people (mostly women), who worked
there, and what it was like. Sworn to secrecy, they never divulged
their remarkable wartime service for decades. But what did they go
on to achieve after the war? And what about those who did become
household names, but whose Bletchley Park years remain unknown? Now
Sinclair McKay tells the stories of a hundred such people, and the
often equally extraordinary lives they went on to. Here are dozens
of unsung heroes, who certainly made their mark after the war as
well as during its finest hour: people like Home Secretary Roy
Jenkins, or novelist Angus Wilson; or Jane Fawcett, a trained
ballerina who went on to co-found the Victorian Society and save St
Pancras Station; or James Bernard, a protege of Benjamin Britten
who wrote all the music for the Dracula films; or Joan Clarke, Alan
Turing's girlfriend, who became a senior codebreaker herself at
GCHQ.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
