A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II by Simon Parkin

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II

Simon Parkin

320 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective tense slow-paced

Description

As Heard on the New Yorker Radio HourThe triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. By 1941, Winst...

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Moods

informative 100%
inspiring 100%
adventurous 33%
challenging 33%
emotional 33%
hopeful 33%
reflective 33%
tense 33%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

Average rating

3.74

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