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  • Between Silk and Cyanide

  • A Codemaker’s War, 1941-1945
  • Written by: Leo Marks
  • Narrated by: Eric Martin
  • Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
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Between Silk and Cyanide

Written by: Leo Marks
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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Publisher's Summary

Between Silk and Cyanide presents the memoir of the man who transformed code-making and code-breaking for the Special Operations Executive in World War Two. Leo Marks later went on to become an award-winning scriptwriter.

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©1998 Leo Marks (P)2017 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History

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"A well-paced war diary, Marks's memoir traces the strategically vital creation of secure codes for Allied agents operating in Nazi-occupied territories." ( Publishers Weekly)

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