The Dark Game Vs The Code Book

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Codes and espionage are interesting topics. In fact, there are two books I know that are written historically about espionage. “The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles” by Paul Janeczko and “The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography” by Simon Singh are both about the history of espionage. Although The Dark Game by Paul Janeczko and The Code Book by Simon Singh are both nonfiction books about the history of espionage, the point of view, style, and tone is very different.

The Dark Game and The Code Book, but the different points of view changes how the story is written. The Dark Game includea what the spies were thinking. The Code Book simply states the ideas. The Dark Game gives

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