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The Road to Station X

by Sarah Baring
Polly Lee
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In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes? Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 dramatically altered the course of Sarah's life. Knowing that she could not stand by while others were enlisting, she left her position in Vogue magazine and signed up to work as a telephonist at an Air Raid Precautions Centre before working in a fighter plane factory to do her bit. Yet, after just a few months, she was requested to leave the factory behind and was thrust into the world of intelligence, code-breaking, and huge computers, rubbing shoulders with awkward geniuses like Alan Turing. The Road to Station X provides a window into the life of a young woman that shifted from being a carefree debutante to factory girl to working with code-breakers in Bletchley Park as a result of the turbulent events of World War Two.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781666135435
  • File size: 173355 KB
  • Release date: June 29, 2021
  • Duration: 06:01:09

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  • ISBN: 9781666135435
  • File size: 173375 KB
  • Release date: June 29, 2021
  • Duration: 06:04:07
  • Number of parts: 5

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Biography & Autobiography Business History Nonfiction

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In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park. How did she end up in the top-secret world of cyphers and codes? Like many young men and women across all levels of British society, the outbreak of war in 1939 dramatically altered the course of Sarah's life. Knowing that she could not stand by while others were enlisting, she left her position in Vogue magazine and signed up to work as a telephonist at an Air Raid Precautions Centre before working in a fighter plane factory to do her bit. Yet, after just a few months, she was requested to leave the factory behind and was thrust into the world of intelligence, code-breaking, and huge computers, rubbing shoulders with awkward geniuses like Alan Turing. The Road to Station X provides a window into the life of a young woman that shifted from being a carefree debutante to factory girl to working with code-breakers in Bletchley Park as a result of the turbulent events of World War Two.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Business History Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Tantor Media, Inc.
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781666135435
    File size: 173355 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2021
    Duration: 06:01:09

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781666135435
    File size: 173375 KB
    Release date: June 29, 2021
    Duration: 06:04:07
    Number of parts: 5

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English