Fall of Man in Wilmslow
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101946695 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Very interesting & exciting story. I liked the historical accuracy of the period starting prior to WWll. The detail of the enigma machine and how Turing played such an enormous role in cracking the code was very exciting and interesting. The author did a great job with interesting details through out the book.. Jeanne Jeanne Spellbinding. Examination of the personalities that seek to find answers A bit wordy at times, but a great historic novel of importance. "Fantastic historical fiction." according to James E. Kelley. The book is excellent. About Alan Turing basis of the movie "The Imitation Game" and his suicide caused by England's homophobic witchhunt that occured at the time and how a policeman changed his evil ways by dint of inspiration of Mr Turing's legacy. Fantastic historical fiction.
In the face of opposition from his superiors, he begins to assemble the pieces of a puzzle that lead him to one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war: the Bletchley Park operation to crack the Nazis’ Enigma encryption code. But a young detective constable, Leonard Corell, who once dreamed of a career in higher mathematics, suspects greater forces are involved. But in the paranoid, febrile atmosphere of the Cold War, loose cannons cannot be tolerated and Corell soon realizes he has much to learn about the dangers of forbidden knowledge.He is also about to be rocked by two startling developments in his own life, one of which will find him targeted as a threat to national security.. It is widely assumed that he has committed suicide, unable to cope with the humiliation of a criminal conviction for gross indecency. Several English nationals have defected to the USSR, while a witch hunt for homosexuals rages across Britain. From the author of the #1 best seller The Girl in the Spider’s Web—an electrifying thriller that begins with Alan Turing’s suicide and plunges into a post-war Britain of immeasurable repression, conformity and fear June 8, 1954. In these circumstances, no one is surprised when a mathematician by the name of Alan Turing i
DAVID LAGERCRANTZ is an acclaimed Swedish journalist and author. davidlagercrantz. He has worked as a crime reporter for Expressen and has written several novels, including the #1 best-selling The Girl in the Spider’s Web. He worked with international soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovi on his memoir I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovi, which was short-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and nomin
-- Margaret Cannon Globe and Mail (Toronto) A persuasive evocation of Turing's genius and of a Britain still suffering under rationing and repression -- Harry Ritchie Daily Mail Perhaps the most signal achievement here is the clever melding of two narrative forms: a sympathetic biography of a real historical figure treated appallingly by the establishment, and a police procedural in which a dogged copper tries to crack a mystery in the teeth of bloody-minded intransigence -- Barry Forshaw Independent Absorbing Gets the synapses sparking Lagercrantz is at home with a damaged hero who has more of an affinity with computers than humans -- Jake Kerridge Sunday Telegraph . Sebald; haunted characters determined to pull others down into turbid, oppressive currents of memory a