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  • The Lost World of Bletchley Park

    An Illustrated History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    An illustrated history of the English manor house and grounds that were home to the famous World War II codebreakers.The huge success of Sinclair's The Secret Life of Bletchley Park—a quarter of a million copies sold to date—has been symptomatic of a similarly dramatic increase in visitors to Bletchley Park itself, the Victorian mansion in Buckinghamshire now open as an engrossing museum of ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murder at No. 4 Euston Square

    The Mystery of the Lady in the Cellar

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    A chilling true crime story of a baffling boarding house murder in Victorian London and the stunning secrets revealed by the investigation.Someone must have known what happened to Matilda Hacker. For someone in that house had killed her. So how could the murderer prove so elusive?Standing four storeys tall in an elegant Bloomsbury terrace, No. 4, Euston Square was a well-kept, respectable boarding ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Life of Fighter Command

    Testimonials from the Men and Women Who Beat the Luftwaffe

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    "Bring[s] alive the all-engulfing drama of 1940, as Hitler's Luftwaffe attempted to establish air superiority over England. . . . Poetry and sharp politics." — The TimesDuring the dark days of 1940, when Britain faced the might of Hitler's armed forces alone, the RAF played an integral role in winning the Battle of Britain against the Luftwaffe, thus ensuring the country's safety from invasion. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Spies of Winter

    The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War.Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from the end of the Great War to the Blockade, rise of the Wall, and beyond.Sinclair McKay's Berlin begins by taking readers back to 1919 when the city emerged from the shadows of the Great War to become an extraordinary by-word for modernity—in art, cinema, architecture, industry, science, and politics. ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $11.99 USD

  • The Secret Listeners

    How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Behind the celebrated code-breaking at Bletchley Park lies another secret…The men and women of the ‘Y’ (for Wireless’) Service were sent out across the world to run listening stations from Gibraltar to Cairo, intercepting the German military’s encrypted messages for decoding back at the now-famous Bletchley Park mansion.Such wartime postings were life-changing adventures – travel out by flying ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Secret Lives of Codebreakers

    The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    **INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERGo behind the scenes of Bletchley Park, where everyday men and women risked everything for Queen and Country.**A remarkable look at day-to-day life of the codebreakers whose clandestine efforts helped win World War IIBletchley Park looked like any other sprawling country estate. In reality, however, it was the top-secret headquarters of Britain’s Government Code and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Meeting Churchill

    An insightful biography and history of the British Prime Minister through the eyes of those who knew him

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, through writers as varied as H. G. Wells and P. G. Wodehouse, to the likes of Harold Wilson, Mahatma Gandhi and Queen Elizabeth II, these ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Man with the Golden Touch

    How The Bond Films Conquered the World

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Yet the role of James Bond, which transformed Sean Connery’s career in 1962 when Dr No came out, still retained its star-making power in 2006 when Daniel Craig made his Bond debut in Casino Royale. This is the story of how, with the odd misstep along the way, the owners of the Bond franchise, Eon Productions, have contrived to keep James Bond abreast of the zeitgeist and at the top of the charts ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Life of Bletchley Park

    The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Bletchley Park has played a vital role in British history. This Victorian country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was was where one of the war’s most famous – and crucial – achievements was made: the cracking of Germany’ s 'Enigma' code in which its most important military communications were couched.It was home to some of Britain’s most brilliant mathematical brains, such as Alan Turing, ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Bletchley Park Brainteasers

    The bestselling quiz book full of puzzles inspired by Bletchley Park code breakers

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    Bestselling Bletchley Park Brainteasers continues to delight hundreds of thousands of devoted puzzlers with its fiendish puzzles, riddles and enigmas. It's never to late to join the code breakers of Bletchley Park in their enjoyment of a devilish challenge!Would you love to master morse code? Could you have have outsmarted an enigma machine? Would your love of chess have seen you recruited into ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Tower of London Puzzle Book

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    If you cracked the GHCQ Puzzle Book and tore through the Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, you must show off your brainteaser abilities with the newest puzzle book from the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers...The Tower of London is one of the world's most famous landmarks, with its iconic Beefeaters guarding the gates, Crown Jewels that remain securely within and ravens that flock to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD