Codebreaker: The untold story of Richard Hayes, the Dublin librarian who helped turn the tide of World War II

By: Marc McMenamin

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Synopsis: When Richard Hayes, a gifted polymath and cryptographer, was drafted by Irish intelligence services to track the movements of a prolific Nazi spy, Hermann Görtz, it set in motion one of the most remarkable episodes in Irish history. What followed was a high-stakes game of cat and mouse that would wind its way through the capital and its suburbs, reverberate through the corridors of power, test the sympathies of those in high society, and even expand to jeopardise the Allied war effort.Codebreaker is a riveting and deeply researched account of an extraordinary period of history – when Dublin became a hotbed of Nazi intrigue and the fate of an independent Ireland settled on the shoulders of an unassuming employee of the National Library.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780717181629
Related ISBNs:: 9780717181612
Publisher:: Gill Books
Date of Addition:: 04/22/20
Copyrighted By:: Marc Mc Menamin
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.