Technically the authors are Chris Barker and Bessie Moore (whose letters the book consists of) but these have been edited and turned into this book by Simon Garfield. It is basically a collection of real letters between two people (Chris and Bessie) during World War II whilst Chris is a soldier in Libya. It starts […]

Written by Jess5_11 on 23 May 2015. No comments »
Category: Books
Tags: my dear bessie

The first thing you’ll no doubt notice is that this book I pretty long. It’s pretty heavy on the detail but this is really fantastic for giving a wider context surrounding the range of events. It may feel a bit “going off on a tangent” at times but it always comes back to Turing, often with […]

Written by Jess5_11 on 23 May 2015. No comments »
Category: Books, History
Tags: Alan Turing, Andrew Hodges, book