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  <title><![CDATA[Cryptography: The Science of Secret Writing]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA[I could not put this book down, it was so interesting.  It is just a book about how to write coded messages, but the amazing thing is how many different ways there are to do it(pre-computer of course).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairly basic introduction but well written with a sly sense of humour - good to remind yourself about Vigenere tables, Playfair ciphers etc.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great starter book for the amateur cryptologist.  It gives a basic overview of system analysis and simple substitution systems.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the puzzles at the end.  ]]></body>
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