The Woman Who Smashed Codes
A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies
by Jason Fagone
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in World War 2, History, and Nonfiction.
Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II.In...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in World War 2, History, and Nonfiction.
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“I am so excited about this @jfagone! Cannot wait to watch. Also, people: if you haven't read Jason's book about Elizebeth Friedman, we can't be friends”
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