Between Silk and Cyanide is a book by former SOE cryptographer Leo Marks, describing his work during the Second World War. The title is derived from an incident related in the book, when he is asked why spies in occupied Europe should have their cryptographic material written on silk (which was in very short supply). Marks said that he replied that it was "between silk and cyanide," meaning that it was a choice between a spy surviving, and having...
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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941-1945
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Leo Marks
Leopold Samuel Marks (24 September 1920 – 15 January 2001) was an English cryptographer, screenwriter and playwright.
Born the son of an antiquarian bookseller in London, he was first introduced to cryptography when his father showed him a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Gold-Bug". From this...
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