About the Author
Simon Parkin is a contributing writer for The New Yorker, the games critic for the London Observer, and a regular contributor to the Guardian's Long Read. He is the recipient of two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and his work has been featured in The Best American Nonrequired show more Reading. He lives on the south coast of England. show less
Works by Simon Parkin
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (2019) 272 copies
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment… (2022) 81 copies
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I enjoyed this book. I liked learning something new. This was not taught in school so I found it interesting on how games were used to train Naval officers. I liked how the women became as knowledgeable as the men on how to move the ships and attack the U-boats successfully. I appreciated the epilogue and how it told what happened to the women and other people in the tale. I appreciated how it was tough to go back to the real world after being involved in the war effort and working side by side with the sailors and how they could not speak of it because those who stayed home would not understand what they did and went through.
This is worth reading for all ages if you want to know what is left out of history classes on WWII.… (more)