![]() ![]() Rosie Sinclair is full of pride to be doing her bit for the war effort as a driver at Cottisbourne Park - the secret heart of Britain's fight against Germany, where a team of brilliant and eccentric codebreakers are battling to save the country. ![]() This book pulled me in from the get go, so naturally was finished in one sitting' NetGalley reviewer 1944. 'Saga lovers will really enjoy this book and i look forward to more' NetGalley reviewer 'What a fantastic read. Now her story comes alive with descriptions, original letters, documents, newspaper cuttings and unique photographs, together with a rare and powerful account of what happened to her after the war. The three years at Bletchley Park were Daisy's university, but having closed the door in 1945 on her hidden role of national importance - dealing with Germany, Italy and Japan - this significant period in her life was camouflaged for decades in the filing cabinet of her mind. In addition, the author examines her mother's personal emotions and relationships as she searches for her young fiancée, who was missing in action overseas. ![]() The author asks why, and how, Daisy was chosen to work at the Government war station, as well as the clandestine operation she experienced with others, deep in the British countryside, during a time when the effects of the war were felt by everyone. Following extensive research, the author uses snippets of information, unpublished photographs and her own recollections to describe scenes from her mother’s poor, but happy, upbringing in London, and the disruptions caused by the outbreak of the Second World War to a young woman in the prime of her life. “What would it be like to keep a secret for fifty years? Never telling your parents, your children, or even your husband?” Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park tells the true story of Daisy Lawrence. ![]()
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