A fascinating exploration of the uncrackable codes and secret cyphers
that helped win wars, spark revolutions and change the faces of
nations.
There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there
were secret codes in the Old Testament, too. Almost as soon as writing
was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep
them under the wraps of secrecy.
In The Hidden History of Code Breaking, Sinclair McKay explores these
uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time
to tell a new history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient
Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes
might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics,
we will see how a few concealed words could help to win wars, spark
revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.
Here is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking, with
opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of the
trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.