The Man Who Broke Napoleon\'S Codes

Author: Mark Urban

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This work gives a compelling account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon\\\'s army, a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the 20th century. George Scovell used Spanish guerillas to capture coded French messages, and then set to work decrypting them.