There are times when I just want the publishing industry to take a year off so I can get caught up on my reading backlog. It's a sentiment that I felt again when I read about Christopher Andrew's new book. How am I expected to make progress in my TBR pile when they keep publishing books like this?
I don't know how impressed I was with this book. My intent in reading it was for background information for my fiction novel, but I didn't get the kind of background in terms of spycraft, tradecraft or anything else that I expected.
This is an interesting read. Singh follows the history of cryptography since roman times till today. He build the construction well, a reader can find there characters development, technical and historical details. He also explains some interesting facts from contemporary history, e.g. concerning German Enigma that was used to coding during WWII. "The Code Book" is entertaining and informative. The highest score.
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