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

Codebreaker: the untold story of Richard Hayes, the Dublin librarian who helped turn the tide of World War II
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ISBN 0717181618 (softcover)
9780717181612 (softcover)
Author Mc Menamin, Marc
Title Codebreaker : the untold story of Richard Hayes, the Dublin librarian who helped turn the tide of World War II / Marc Mc Menamin
Publisher Dublin : Gill Books, 2018
Physical desc. xviii, 234 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Shaking hands with the devil -- The German legation transmitter -- A spy in Meath -- U-boats in Kerry -- The spy with the microscope -- Joseph Lenihan and the arrest of Hermann Görtz -- Glass plates and spy trousers: breaking the Görtz cipher -- The German spy from Co. Clare -- Hermann Görtz's last stand -- Ireland's greatest unsung hero.
Person as subject Hayes, Richard J. -- 1902-1976
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Ireland -- Cryptography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Ireland
Cryptographers -- Ireland -- Biography
Librarians -- Ireland -- Biography
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10014017 940.5486415 MCM
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