House of Secrets

Author/Guide: W Len

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WW2: The story behind the secrets

ISBN: 978-1502418166
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What you need to know before your trail

1940. As tensions break out between Germany and Britain, Robin Sommers, a linguist from Oxford, flees conscription by accepting a teaching position at Bletchley Park. In the secluded estate outside London, he discovers a group attempting the impossible–cracking the Nazi Enigma Code–and meets Alan Turing, the lead codebreaker, who takes an interest in his secrets…

As war sweeps through Europe, Robin finds himself trapped at a different frontline, ensnared between love and fear, fate and probability.

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Bletchley Park

This really has to be seen to be believed. The cramped conditions, the cold winds rattling through the doors, the basic tables and chairs, the lack of comforts and the secrecy. But amidst all that some of the best brains in the country saved millions from death by shortening the war by about two years.

There are no words to describe walking into the huts, around the lake, into the mansion house…..every step you take feels as if you’re on sacred ground as when you think about it, you are. You can almost hear the echoes of the past whispering through the walls. When you get to see Alan Turing’s desk – speechless.

The huts are a lot smaller than you think, the park itself so compact that you can’t imagine how so many people could work here and work here without knowing what everyone else was doing. This is one place you will never ever forget once you’ve seen it through your own eyes.