Dr Jackie Ui Chionna is one of Ireland's foremost social and oral historians. She is the author of two books, including the prize-shortlisted (and local Irish bestseller) He Was Galway. She has a PhD from National University of Ireland, Galway.
A thoroughly researched and highly readable account of a woman who
may have appeared to the world as the epitome of ordinary, but was
in truth anything but.
*Physics World*
A meticulously-researched biography that explores the secret life
of a codebreaker equally comfortable playing the piano or living a
life of high-stakes drama in a war zone
*Spyscape*
Anderson's role in the war effort, and her very substantial
contributions to modern musicology, are now rightly recorded
*The Irish Mail on Sunday*
Some women are missing from history books for the simple reason
that - under the Official Secrets Act - they could not speak the
truth about their lives. Among these was Emily Anderson, one of the
greatest codebreakers of the twentieth century - an unsung heroine
of both World Wars. In Jackie Uí Chionna she at last finds her
biographer. In unravelling Anderson's story, Uí Chionna shines a
light on an extraordinary woman who literally changed the course of
history
*Suzannah Lipscomb*
Queen Of Codes describes the extraordinary work and legacy of Emily
Anderson during the Second World War. Anderson played a key role at
our wartime home in Bletchley Park and at our regional centre in
the Middle East. She is one of our best, and least recognised,
codebreakers. This fantastic piece of work by Dr Jackie Uí Chionna
highlights the critical role that women have played in our
organisation's history
*Dr. David Abrutat, Departmental Historian, GCHQ*
Completely compelling, endlessly illuminating and richly intriguing
- Jackie Ui Chionna's wonderfully written and deeply researched
work has at last pulled back the curtain of secrecy from one of
Bletchley Park's most extraordinary unsung figures. This is a story
not just of a pioneering codebreaking genius, working through two
world wars, but also - movingly - about a dazzlingly brilliant
woman creating a space for herself and her passions in a rigid
world and at a rigid time.
*Sinclair McKay*
The groundbreaking contribution of Emily Anderson to codebreaking
in the 20th century has been hidden for far too long... until now.
One of the most important biographies of recent times
*Dr Helen Fry*
This book is a compelling biography, by any standard, and among the
best studies of any intelligence officer. That this book could even
be written is a wonder of research. Emily Anderson shunned
publicity, and worked with British codebreakers who embodied skill
and secrecy. That this book is so well written is a delight to
match the grace of Emily Anderson's scholarship on Beethoven and
Mozart
*John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma*
As one of the world's greatest codebreakers, Emily Anderson has
been forgotten for far too long. Based on rigorous research and
brilliant storytelling, Uí Chionna has produced a seminal biography
that Anderson would have approved.
*Claire Hubbard-Hall*
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