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A review by tidoublegarrr
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies by Jason Fagone
5.0
I was impressed with this book on so many levels:
1. With Elizebeth Friedman and all the incredible work she did breaking codes through both world wars; what a shame her story had been (stolen) and lost to history. Thank goodness Fagone decided to tell it to the world.
2. With her relationship with her husband and how they were a power team in their work. He was a rockstar in his own right too, but a troubled genius.
3. Fagone's writing is just wonderful. The book reads like a novel but it's straight history. He makes it so interesting and brings their story to life.
4. I learned a ton of history from this book that I didn't know about WWII, codebreaking, and the birth of the FBI and NSA.
This was sent to me as a gift and was one of my favorite reads of the year. Just read it. :)
1. With Elizebeth Friedman and all the incredible work she did breaking codes through both world wars; what a shame her story had been (stolen) and lost to history. Thank goodness Fagone decided to tell it to the world.
2. With her relationship with her husband and how they were a power team in their work. He was a rockstar in his own right too, but a troubled genius.
3. Fagone's writing is just wonderful. The book reads like a novel but it's straight history. He makes it so interesting and brings their story to life.
4. I learned a ton of history from this book that I didn't know about WWII, codebreaking, and the birth of the FBI and NSA.
This was sent to me as a gift and was one of my favorite reads of the year. Just read it. :)