The Ultra Secret: The Inside Story of Operation Ultra, Bletchley Park and Enigma :: F. W. (Frederick William) Winterbotham

The Ultra Secret: The Inside Story of Operation Ultra, Bletchley Park and Enigma :: F. W. (Frederick William) Winterbotham soon to be presented for sale on the marvellous BookLovers of Bath web site!

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: In 1939 a small government department was set up at Bletchley Park in north Buckinghamshire to begin work on a way to crack Enigma, the top-secret German cypher machine which had been smuggled out of Germany. This machine was destined to carry the secret wartime signals between the enemy high command, including Hitler himself. It was at the beginning of April 1940 that the first enemy signals were intercepted and broken. This operation was code-named Ultra (ultra secret)…

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Small ding to the leading edge of the upper board. The contents complete, clean and tight.

Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. (xiii) 199 pages. Index. 8¾” x 5¾”.

Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I persuade you to have a look at more books within my History Britain catalogue?

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