Secret Language - Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols - Paperback - 2011

This book is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. Codes protect secrets. Symbol and magic hide meanings to imperil or delight. Languages made to confuse let insiders talk openly without being understood by others. Barry Blake looks in depth at these and many more and illuminates the most arcane and curious uses of language
Year of publication: 2011
Pagination: 342 pages, Line Drawings, Tables
Format: Paperback