Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
by Marks, Leo
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Seller
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Tipp City, Ohio, United States
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Synopsis
Between Silk and Cyanide is a book by former SOE cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when he is asked why spies in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic material written on silk (which was in very short supply). Marks said that he replied that it was "between silk and cyanide," meaning that it was a choice between a spy surviving, and having to take a suicide pill.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1136516
- Title
- Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
- Author
- Marks, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 068486780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684867809
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- Thick Large Octavo
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...