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Dilly Court Biografía y Hechos

Mavis Lilian Batey, de soltera Lever, (Dulwich, 5 de mayo de 1921 – Petworth, 12 de noviembre de 2013) fue una criptoanalista británica durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su trabajo en Bletchley Park fue una de las claves del éxito del Día D.[1]​ Más tarde se convirtió en historiadora de la jardinería, haciendo campaña para salvar parques y jardines históricos, y en autora.[2]​ Batey fue galardonada con la Medalla Veitch en 1985, y fue nombrada Miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico (MBE) en 1987, en ambos casos por su trabajo en la conservación de jardines.[3]​ Trayectoria Hija de madre costurera y padre cartero,[2]​ Batey se crio en Norbury y fue a la Escuela de Niñas del Convento Coloma en Croydon.[4]​ Estudió alemán en el University College de Londres al comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, concentrándose en los románticos alemanes. Decidió interrumpir sus estudios para ayudar en la guerra. Al principio, solicitó ser enfermera, pero descubrió que sus habilidades lingüísticas eran muy solicitadas.[5]​ Al principio fue contratada por la Sección de Londres para revisar las columnas personales de The Times en busca de mensajes espías codificados.[6]​ Luego, en 1940, fue reclutada para trabajar en Bletchley Park.[2]​ Trabajó como asistente de Dilly Knox, y estuvo estrechamente involucrada en el esfuerzo de descifrado antes de la Batalla de Matapán.[7]​[8]​[9]​ Según The Daily Telegraph, se familiarizó tanto con los estilos de los operadores enemigos que pudo determinar que dos de ellos tenían una novia llamada Rosa. Batey había desarrollado una técnica exitosa que podía ser utilizada en otros lugares.[10]​ Aunque Batey tenía solo 19 años, empezó a trabajar en la máquina italiana Enigma Naval, y a finales de marzo de 1941 consiguió acceder a su estructura, descifrando un mensaje que decía "Hoy es el día menos tres". Ella y sus colegas trabajaron durante tres días y noches y descubrieron que los italianos tenían la intención de asaltar un convoy de la Marina Real que transportaba suministros desde El Cairo, Egipto, a Grecia.[1]​[5]​ Los mensajes que descifraron proporcionaron un plan detallado del asalto italiano.[11]​ En diciembre de 1941, descifró un mensaje entre Belgrado y Berlín que permitió al equipo de Knox elaborar el cableado del Abwehr Enigma, una máquina Enigma que antes se creía que era indescifrable.[4]​ Más tarde, Batey descifró otra máquina Abwehr, la GGG. Esto permitió que los británicos pudieran leer los mensajes de Abwehr y confirmar que los alemanes creían en la inteligencia de la Doble Cruz que estaban siendo alimentados por los agentes dobles que fueron reclutados por Gran Bretaña como espías.[1]​ Mientras estaba en Bletchley Park, conoció a Keith Batey, un matemático y compañero de profesión con quien se casó en 1942.[2]​[12]​ Pasó algún tiempo después de 1945 en el Servicio Diplomático, y luego crio a tres hijos, dos hijas y un hijo.[13]​ Batey, de 92 años y viuda desde 2010, falleció el 12 de noviembre de 2013.[1]​[4]​[14]​ Publicaciones Batey escribió una biografía de Dilly Knox: Dilly: The Man Who Broke Enigmas. El libro ofrece un resumen de los códigos gubernamentales y de la operación de desciframiento de códigos de la escuela de cifrado en Bletchley Park. También describe su desciframiento del Enigma italiano que contribuyó al éxito de la Armada Británica en la Batalla de Cabo Matapán.[11]​ Publicó varios libros sobre la historia de los jardines, así como algunos relacionados con Bletchley Park, y se desempeñó como Presidenta de la Garden History Society, de la que fue nombrada Secretaria en 1971.[13]​[15]​ Reconocimientos Fue galardonada con la Medalla Veitch en 1985, y fue nombrada Miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico (MBE) en 1987, en ambos casos por su trabajo en la conservación de jardines.[16]​[3]​ Obra 1980 — Alice's Adventures in Oxford. Pitkin Pictorials. ISBN 978-0853722953. 1982 — Oxford Gardens: The University's Influence on Garden History. 1983 — Nuneham Courtenay: An Oxfordshire 18th-century Deserted Village. 1984 — Reader's Digest Guide to Creative Gardening. 1988 — Jacques, David; van der Horst, Arend Jan (eds. The Gardens of William and Mary. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-0747016083. 1989 — The Historic Gardens of Oxford & Cambridge. 1990 — The English Garden Tour: A View Into the Past. Con David Lambert. John Murray. ISBN 978-0719547751. 1991 — Horace Walpole as Modern Garden Historian. 1995 — Regency Gardens. Shire Books. ISBN 978-0747802891. 1995 — Story of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court. 1996 — Jane Austen and the English Landscape. 1998 — The World of Alice. 1999 — Alexander Pope: Poetry and Landscape. Barn Elms. ISBN 978-1-89953-105-9. 2008 — From Bletchley with Love. Bletchley Park Trust. ISBN 978-1-906723-04-0. 2009 — Dilly: The Man Who Broke Enigmas. Dialogue. ISBN 978-1-90644-701-4. 2017 — "Breaking machines with a pencil (chapter 11)". In Copeland, Jack; et al. (eds. The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 97–107. ISBN 978-0-19-874783-3. Véase también Mujeres en Bletchley Park Referencias Enlaces externos Mavis Batey en Internet Movie Database (en inglés). 'The Independent' article Bletchley podcast interview with Mavis Batey. Descubre los libros populares de Dilly Court. Encuentra los 100 libros más populares de Dilly Court

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  • The Pride of Park Street sinopsis y comentarios

    The Pride of Park Street

    Pamela Evans

    A young dancer strives to make ends meet, but never gives up on her dreams. An inspiring family saga, Pam Evans' compelling tale, The Pride of Park Street, is sure to stay with yo...

  • A Mother's Promise sinopsis y comentarios

    A Mother's Promise

    Dilly Court

    When Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be. But despite the th...

  • The Chocolate Box Girls at War sinopsis y comentarios

    The Chocolate Box Girls at War

    Gracie Hart

    Preorder the second book in The Chocolate Box Girls series now! York, 1940World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntrees factory, and with rationing crippling the country...

  • The Market Girl sinopsis y comentarios

    The Market Girl

    Libby Ashworth

    Agnes Cavanaugh has watched her mother,Kitty struggle to put food on the table ever since they crossed the sea from Ireland. So when she sees an opportunity to help earn some money...

  • The Winter Runaway sinopsis y comentarios

    The Winter Runaway

    Katie Flynn

    The first installment in the brand new Runaway's series from the Sunday Times bestselling author available to preorder now!Tammy and her mother, Grace, are desperate to escape Tam...

  • Friends Forever sinopsis y comentarios

    Friends Forever

    Lyn Andrews

    Two young women find the bond of lifelong friendship gives them the strength to hold on to their dreams, in the hardship of 1920s Liverpool. In Friends Forever, Lyn Andrews weaves...

  • The Blackbird's Tale sinopsis y comentarios

    The Blackbird's Tale

    Emma Blair

    From Glasgow on the brink of the Great War to the cutthroat world of London publishing the spellbinding saga of three remarkable generations.Cathy: a Glasgow factorygirl who exper...

  • Ellie of Elmleigh Square sinopsis y comentarios

    Ellie of Elmleigh Square

    Dee Williams

    A young woman is torn between love, loyalty... and the chance for escape. Ellie of Elmleigh Square by Dee Williams is a stirring saga of a young woman's search for happiness and es...

  • The Smuggler's Girl sinopsis y comentarios

    The Smuggler's Girl

    Jennie Felton

    'If you enjoy Dilly Court or Rosie Goodwin, this one will be right up your street' reader review'One of the nation's favourite saga writers' Lancashire PostIn the grand tradition o...

  • Rosie's Dilemma sinopsis y comentarios

    Rosie's Dilemma

    Jennie Felton

    Discover the emotional and unforgettable brandnew novel from Jennie Felton.When war is declared in September 1939, Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mi...

  • The Chocolate Box Girls sinopsis y comentarios

    The Chocolate Box Girls

    Gracie Hart

    Rowntrees Factory, York 1936The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on her face. Living and schooling on Haxby Road alongside the Rowntrees Chocolate Fa...

  • Stolen sinopsis y comentarios

    Stolen

    Lesley Pearse

    Dark secrets will be revealed in this unputdownable novel from international NO.1 BESTSELLING author Lesley Pearse'Gripping from start to finish' 5 Reader ReviewA woman washes up o...

  • Queen's Gambit sinopsis y comentarios

    Queen's Gambit

    Elizabeth Fremantle

    If you love the BBC's The White Queen you'll love this.Meet the woman who survived Henry VIII in Elizabeth Fremantle's first novel, Queen's Gambit...My name is Katherine Parr.I'm 3...

  • We'll Meet Again sinopsis y comentarios

    We'll Meet Again

    Lily Baxter

    It is April 1939 and unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeenyearold Meg Colivet and her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with...

  • A Moment in Time: A Short Story sinopsis y comentarios

    A Moment in Time: A Short Story

    Lyn Andrews

    A heartwarming short story of turnofthecentury Liverpool from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE ON LONELY STREET, perfect for readers of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn.Ellen Holt ha...

  • A Distant Dream sinopsis y comentarios

    A Distant Dream

    Pamela Evans

    A loving family. A deadly illness. A country on the brink of war. Pam Evans, muchloved author of In the Dark Streets Shining, brings us an enthralling and heartwrenching saga about...

  • Katie's Kitchen sinopsis y comentarios

    Katie's Kitchen

    Dee Williams

    As the Great War looms, can a young woman hope to build a new life? Dee Williams writes an engrossing saga in Katie's Kitchen the story of a young mother's escape from the past, ...

  • The Lonely Wife sinopsis y comentarios

    The Lonely Wife

    Val Wood

    Don't miss the sequel to The Lonely Wife! Children of Fortune is available nowA powerful story about a woman's struggle to claim what is rightfully hers, from the Sunday Times best...

  • Carrie of Culver Road sinopsis y comentarios

    Carrie of Culver Road

    Dee Williams

    When tragedy strikes, a young mother sets out to find a place she can call home... Carrie of Culver Road by Dee Williams is a touching story of a young woman's struggle to create a...

  • When The Boys Come Home sinopsis y comentarios

    When The Boys Come Home

    Pamela Evans

    While the war brings out the best in most, it brings out the worst in others, as a young mother soon discovers... A gripping saga of life for those left behind during the war, Pam...

  • The Ballroom Girls Hit the Big Time sinopsis y comentarios

    The Ballroom Girls Hit the Big Time

    Jenny Holmes

    Sylvia, Joy and Pearl are preparing to compete in a major national ballroom competition not easy in wartime when travelling is difficult and air raids might mean that events can b...

  • A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop sinopsis y comentarios

    A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop

    Joanna Toye

    New stories are being written at The Little Penguin Bookshop…Carrie Anderson’s business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned fro...

  • One Special Village sinopsis y comentarios

    One Special Village

    Anna Jacobs

    One Special Village . . . can make the world a better placeLancashire, 1932 Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie, scrimping and saving to ge...

  • An Orphan's Hope sinopsis y comentarios

    An Orphan's Hope

    Kitty Neale

    1952. With smog blanketing London, little Grace is in trouble. Her grandmother is dangerously ill but she doesn't want Grace to tell anyone as she's worried they will take her away...

  • The Dancing Stone sinopsis y comentarios

    The Dancing Stone

    Evelyn Hood

    A classic saga from Sunday Times bestselling author Evelyn Hood. 'Scotland's Catherine Cookson' Scots Magazine 'Hood is immaculate in her historical detail' Herald 'Evelyn Hood is ...

  • The Fortune Tellers' Daughters sinopsis y comentarios

    The Fortune Tellers' Daughters

    Maggie Mason

    THE BRANDNEW WARTIME SAGA BY MAGGIE MASON PERFECT FOR READERS OF VAL WOOD, KITTY NEALE AND ROSIE GOODWIN'Reading a Maggie Mason book is like having a warm hug' NB MAGAZINE1939The...

  • Dilly's Lass sinopsis y comentarios

    Dilly's Lass

    Rosie Goodwin

    Years ago Dilly made the devastating decision to give her baby daughter to wealthy local family, the Farthings. She is still living with the consequences of her choice when the dau...

  • The Widow’s Shillings sinopsis y comentarios

    The Widow’s Shillings

    Libby Ashworth

    Preorder the final book in the Cavanah series now! Kitty Cavanah has been fighting for her children ever since they left Dublin. Their life in Ireland feels like a lifetime ago, an...

  • Bessie's War sinopsis y comentarios

    Bessie's War

    Pamela Evans

    A moving and nostalgic saga from Pam Evans, set in London during the Second World War. Perfect for readers of Katie Flynn, Kitty Neale and Dilly Court.It is autumn 1940 and, as the...

  • A Christmas Miracle on Sanctuary Lane sinopsis y comentarios

    A Christmas Miracle on Sanctuary Lane

    Kirsty Dougal

    The second book in the brand new WWI saga series from Kirsty Dougal, available to preorder now!With the Great War raging and Christmas on the horizon, can one woman’s bravery save ...

  • Gypsy sinopsis y comentarios

    Gypsy

    Lesley Pearse

    Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley PearseTragedy sent her on a journey far ...

  • The Price to Pay sinopsis y comentarios

    The Price to Pay

    Lynda Page

    Just as their family is completed, tragedy strikes a young couple. Lynda Page's The Price to Pay is a riveting, heartrending tale of betrayal and revenge. Perfect for fans of Nadi...

  • A Mother's Journey sinopsis y comentarios

    A Mother's Journey

    Donna Douglas

    FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR A dramatic new saga series, set during World War II, from the author of THE NIGHTINGALE GIRLSYorkshire, 1940. Edie Copeland has just arrive...

  • Dilly's Sacrifice sinopsis y comentarios

    Dilly's Sacrifice

    Rosie Goodwin

    A desperate act to save her family . . .Dilly is devastated: with her husband unable to work and four children already at home, they cannot afford to feed their newborn baby. Heart...

  • The Housekeeper of Holcombe Hall sinopsis y comentarios

    The Housekeeper of Holcombe Hall

    Maggie Campbell

    1929. Holcombe Hall, LancashireHolcombe Hall’s enigmatic owner has passed away, and now as the roaring twenties come to an end the upstairs and downstairs residents of Holcombe Hal...

  • Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls sinopsis y comentarios

    Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls

    Glenda Young

    'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'Saga fiction at its best . . . I enjoyed it immensely' VICKI BEEBY'A lovely read, full of highs, lows, friendshi...

  • Nurse Anna's War sinopsis y comentarios

    Nurse Anna's War

    Mary Jane Staples

    Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Kristin Hannah and Fiona Valpy, this is an emotional and uplifting romantic saga set in WW1 from multimillion copy seller Mary Jane Staples. READER...

  • A Smile for All Seasons sinopsis y comentarios

    A Smile for All Seasons

    Pamela Evans

    In the swinging sixties, two women are united by friendship yet tested by a devastating secret... By the muchloved author of In the Dark Streets Shining and The Apple of Her Eye, P...

  • Close to Home sinopsis y comentarios

    Close to Home

    Pamela Evans

    A terrible accident. A convicted murderer. An impossible love. A heartbreaking saga from muchloved author, Pam Evans, Close to Home is a gripping tale of intrigue and love, perfect...

  • Whatever It Takes sinopsis y comentarios

    Whatever It Takes

    Lynda Page

    She's waited five hard years for her husband to return from the war but is he still the man she married? Lynda Page writes a moving postwar saga in Whatever It Takes, in which on...

  • Secrets of Eastby End sinopsis y comentarios

    Secrets of Eastby End

    Anna Jacobs

    Rachel and Joss are married and keen to continue the hard work to rebuild Eastby End. But as new arrivals bring fresh challenges and heartache, their future together becomes far fr...

  • Any Old Iron sinopsis y comentarios

    Any Old Iron

    Lynda Page

    For one young woman, life has been far from easy. But the biggest threat to her future happiness will be her own flesh and blood... In Lynda Page's Any Old Iron, a young woman's d...

  • Onwards and Upwards sinopsis y comentarios

    Onwards and Upwards

    Lynda Page

    A young couple learn that the grass isn't always greener on the other side... Onwards and Upwards by muchloved author Lynda Page, sees a couple struggle against family feuds, ambi...

  • A Foundling at the Wartime Bookshop sinopsis y comentarios

    A Foundling at the Wartime Bookshop

    Lesley Eames

    Preorder now!The fifth brilliantly heartwarming novel in the Wartime Bookshop series, perfect for fans of Maisie Thomas and Elaine Everest.Victoria is astonished when she discovers...

  • A Family Scandal sinopsis y comentarios

    A Family Scandal

    Kitty Neale

    A gritty and emotional family drama, from the Sunday Times bestseller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.You can never leave a bad man behind…Mavis Pugh has had a ...

  • Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop sinopsis y comentarios

    Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop

    Lesley Eames

    Catch up with Alice, Kate and Naomi in the fourth book in The Wartime Bookshop series available for preorder now.January, 1942: Victoria is looking for a life away from the danger...

  • Nightingales on Call sinopsis y comentarios

    Nightingales on Call

    Donna Douglas

    From the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...

  • Sorrows and Smiles sinopsis y comentarios

    Sorrows and Smiles

    Dee Williams

    What terrible secret is Pam's grandmother concealing...? Dee Williams writes a compelling saga in Sorrows and Smiles, which sees a young woman struggle to unearth the secrets that ...

  • The Nightingale Nurses sinopsis y comentarios

    The Nightingale Nurses

    Donna Douglas

    ‘Pay attention please, nurses. The next six months will be the most important of your lives’It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… Hele...

  • A Sister’s Fight sinopsis y comentarios

    A Sister’s Fight

    Emma Hornby

    Readers love Emma Hornby: 'Similar to Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, Emma Hornby tells a brilliant story that will keep you guessing . . . Pure talent.' 'Emma Hornby's books just k...