The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes

The little-known story of a brilliant British code-cracker: “[Urban] has pieced together the fragments and deciphered the truth about a hidden hero.” — Daily Telegraph The Duke of Wellington—who began his military career as Arthur Wellesley—is rightly credited for the strategic and intelligence-gathering brilliance that culminated in Britain’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Two centuries later, many of his subordinates are still remembered for their roles in these historic campaigns. But Lt. Co