Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
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Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is a British writer. He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non-fiction writer. His second book "Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man" was published in 2006 (by Viking in the UK: ISBN 0670910821, and by Harvard University Press in the US: ISBN 978-0-674-02439-7). One of his own ancestors was evacuated from Dunkirk.
His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine
code at Bletchley Park
during World War II
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000). His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1937.
His brother Simon Sebag Montefiore
is also a writer, besides being a historian.
His previous book is Enigma: The Battle for the Code, the story of breaking the German Enigma machine
Enigma machine
An Enigma machine is any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. Enigma was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I...
code at Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, England, which currently houses the National Museum of Computing...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000). His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1937.
His brother Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian and writer.-Family history:Simon's father, a doctor, is descended from a famous line of wealthy Sephardic Jews who became diplomats and bankers all over Europe...
is also a writer, besides being a historian.