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Shelfari edited the description of Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 Sunday, August 2 2009.

In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques of the Allies and trained some of the most famous agents dropped into occupied Europe, including "the White Rabbit" and Violette Szabo. As a top codemaker, Marks had a unique perspective on one of the most fascinating and, until now, little-known aspects of the Second World War. Writing with the narrative flair and vivid characterization of his famous screenplays, Marks gives free rein to his keen sense of the absurd and his wry wit, resulting in a thrilling and poignant memoir that celebrates individual courage and endeavor, without losing sight of the human cost and horror of war.

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Shelfari edited the first sentence of Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 Friday, July 17 2009.

In January 1942 I was escorted to the war by my parents in case I couldn't find it or met with an accident on the way.

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