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The man who broke Napoleon's codes : the story of George Scovell by Mark L Urban is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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"In this account of the officer who waged the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army, Mark Urban shows Scovell to be a forerunner to the great code-breakers of the twentieth century. Using a network of Spanish guerillas, Scovell amassed a stack of coded French messages, and set to work decrypting them. But as a man of low birth, Scovell - even with his genius for languages, and bravery on a dozen battlefields - struggled for advancement amongst Wellington's inner circle of richer, better co
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark L Urban
- Publisher
- London: Faber and Faber
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571266708
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The man who broke Napoleon's codes : the story of George Scovell (2012)
- The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes : The True Story of a Forgotten Hero in Wellington's Army (2001)
- The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes : The True Story of a Forgotten Hero in Wellington's Army (2010)
- The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes (2001)