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Codebreaker

The Untold Story of Richard Hayes, the Dublin Librarian Who Helped Turn the Tide of World War II

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Codebreaker

By: Marc McMenamin
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
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When Richard Hayes, a gifted polymath and cryptographer, was drafted by Irish intelligence services to track the movements of a prolific Nazi spy, Hermann Görtz, it set in motion one of the most remarkable episodes in Irish history.

What followed was a high-stakes game of cat and mouse that would wind its way through the capital and its suburbs, reverberate through the corridors of power, test the sympathies of those in high society,and even expand to jeopardise the Allied war effort.

Codebreaker is a riveting and deeply researched account of an extraordinary period of history – when Dublin became a hotbed of Nazi intrigue and the fate of an independent Ireland settled on the shoulders of an unassuming employee of the National Library.

©2018 Marc McMenamin (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Europe Military Military & War World War II War
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What a man. This story should be more well known. It'll be made into a movie as well surely

Excellent listen

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A well researched and written text book. I doubt that I will ever listen to it again.

Interesting but!

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A fascinating untold tale of Irish history. A highly recommended read. Excellent work by the author.

A Fascinating Book

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I had known a small amount about German spies in Ireland during WWII but this book was a fascinating revelation about the conduct of the so called “Emergency” in Ireland, the German spies and the brilliant Irish code breakers who were instrumental in helping to win the war. It was a complete revelation to me and I suspect to most people in Ireland and elsewhere.

The revelations about Ireland’s contribution to winning WWII

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