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Codebreaking sisters : our secret war /
by Owtram, Patricia; Owtram, Jean; Manby, Chris.
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BookPublisher: London : Mirror Books, 2020Description: vii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781913406059 (pbk.) :; 1913406059 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 920 OWTSubject(s): Owtram, Patricia | Owtram, Jean | World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Biography | Cryptographers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Biography | BiographySummary: Patricia and Jean Owtram are possibly the only living sisters to have signed the wartime Official Secrets act. Raised in a Lancashire country house in the 1920s, the family takes in two Austrian Jewish refugees, and the sisters quickly become fluent in German - which will go on to shape their roles forever.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 OWT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003091553X | |||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 OWT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003091552X |
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Patricia and Jean Owtram are possibly the only living sisters to have signed the wartime Official Secrets act. Raised in a Lancashire country house in the 1920s, the family takes in two Austrian Jewish refugees, and the sisters quickly become fluent in German - which will go on to shape their roles forever.
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