Contents
Preface 9
Chapter 1: January 1941 A Personal World War 19
Chapter 2: 1917-36 Rough Valley 25
Chapter 3: 1936-38 London on the Eve of War 41
Chapter 4: 1938-39 Cardiff University 51
Chapter 5: 1940 Too Close to Home 63
Chapter 6: February 1941 Strange Messengers 77
Chapter 7: April 1941 Appointment in Whitehall 83
Chapter 8: August 1941 My Longest Day 95
Chapter 9: August 1941 Landlords from Hell 103
Chapter 10: August 1941 First Day at Bletchley Park 111
Chapter 11: August 1941 Unravelling the Enigma 123
Chapter 12: August-October 1941 Is it Over Before it Has Begun? 137
Chapter 13: November 1941 St Joan 145
Chapter 14: 1941-42 Loved and Chosen 155
Chapter 15: 1942-43 Girls Talk 173
Chapter 16: 1941-44 Rank and File 189
Chapter 17: 1944 D-Day 199
Chapter 18: 1945 It Nearly Killed Churchill Too 213
Chapter 19: 1945-99 Keeping Mum and Coming Out 227
Chapter 20: 1999 Return of the Native 239
Chapter 21: 2008 Read All About It 247
Christmas 2013: Postscript 253
Bibliography 256