{"product_id":"the-bletchley-girls-9781444795745","title":"The Bletchley Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women''s own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service'' New Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives her book an immediacy and intimacy.'' Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An in-depth picture of life in Britain''s wartime intelligence centre...The result is fascinating, and is made all the more touching by the developing friendships between Dunlop and her interviewees.'' Financial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bletchley Girls\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the lives of fifteen women who were all selected to work in Britain''s most secret organisation - Bletchley Park. It is their story, told in their voices; Tessa met and talked to 15 veterans, often visiting them several times. Firm friendships were made as their epic journey unfolded on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scale of female involvement in Britain during the Second World Wa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives her book an immediacy and intimacy. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eAn in-depth picture of life in Britain's wartime intelligence centre...The result is fascinating, and is made all the more touching by the developing friendships between Dunlop and her interviewees. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eLively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service. -- Erica Wagne * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eDunlop has interviewed some of those Bletchley women still alive and draws on one or two unpublished diaries. These have yielded some good stuff, especially on the particular intensity of wartime sexual relationships. * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eDunlop offers us glimpses of the women's lives and expectations, their education, aspirations and personal anecdotes, how they coped with the aftermath of war and what became of them. The combined accounts make for a fascinating social document of women's lives. * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eThe 15 extraordinary women interviewed for this book came from backgrounds as diverse as debutantes and factory workers. It's an engrossing read that captures their wildly different experiences. * Choice Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eTessa Dunlop's The Bletchley Girls tells the story of 15 female veterans of 'Station X', all of whom Dunlop has interviewed at length. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eTessa Dunlop, author of The Bletchley Girls, documents the lives of 15 remarkable women who worked at The Park and are still alive to tell their stories. * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBy spending time with these fascinating women, Tessa Dunlop captures their extraordinary stories of life at Bletchley Park. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBrings the unsung heroines of Bletchley into the limelight and gives them a share of the credit that so often goes to their male counterparts. * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003eCandid about the hardships and heartaches of wartime work and its knock-on effects. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA specially selected team is hard at work attempting - and succeeding - to crack secret German and Japanese codes. Many of their number were women, even schoolgirls - and it is their remarkable first hand stories that form the basis of this fascinating book. * History Revealed Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eOscar-tipped movie The Imitation Game brought master code breaker Alan Turing's story to the big screen, and tales of the women he worked with during the Second World War can be found in Tessa Dunlop's new book. * Irish News *\u003cbr\u003eWork conducted by women at Bletchley Park during the Second World War is often overlooked, making this a unique history of the period. * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eNot simply a biography of one shared experience, but a generation...unquestionably compelling. * Blackpool Gazette *\u003cbr\u003eHer book, The Bletchley Girls, sees her adding to the understanding of the sheer scale of the work undertaken at Bletchley Park. * Cambridge News *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739257942359,"sku":"9781444795745","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444795745.jpg?v=1720051662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bletchley-girls-9781444795745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}