Bletchley Park Puzzles and Brainteasers: Could YOU be a top secret codebreaker? (Children's Edition)

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Sinclair McKay

Bletchley Park Puzzles and Brainteasers

Could YOU be a top secret codebreaker? (Children's Edition)

Sinclair McKay

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Wren & Rook
28 January 2025

Children's & Educational; History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA); Puzzle books (Children's&YA)

BECOME A TOP SECRET CODEBREAKER!

Welcome to Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers. Here, some of the greatest minds helped crack near-impossible

codes and ciphers. You can join them . . .

Flex your mental agility, crack cryptic crosswords, exercise your mind with clever brain games, test yourself with word and number puzzles, and see if you can make it into the history books as a Bletchley Park codebreaker.

Along the way, you'll learn all about the role of Bletchley Park and the rich history of codebreaking - from the Romans and Greeks, to Mary Queen of Scots and twentieth-century spy technology. You will meet incredible individuals, including university graduates, chess champions, poets and musicians who worked at Bletchley Park. And you will discover all about their top secret work - including outsmarting the Enigma!

With well over 80 puzzles, this is the perfect gift book for curious kids. So grab your family and friends - and get puzzling!

By: Sinclair McKay
Imprint: Wren & Rook
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 351g
ISBN: 9781526367167
ISBN 10: 1526367165
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 28 January 2025
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sinclair McKay is a bestelling author and social historian. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers as well as the bestselling Secret Life of Bletchley Park. He has authored many other books including The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book, The Tower of London Puzzle Book and Secret Britain. He writes for the Spectator and the Telegraph and spends much of his life eyebrow-deep in dusty archives! He lives in east London.