The Bletchley Girls: The women of Bletchley Park tell their breathtaking true story of war, secrecy, love and loss

The Bletchley Girls presents the true accounts of fifteen women who worked at Bletchley Park, Britain's secret codebreaking center during World War Two. Tessa Dunlop met with and interviewed these veterans multiple times, weaving together their individual stories and voices. During the Second World War, approximately 7,000 women were selected from 8 million working women to work at Bletchley Park and its outstations. The female workforce eventually outnumbered men three to one. The women came from diverse backgrounds—including a Belgian refugee, a Scottish debutante, a Jewish teenager, and a factory worker from Northamptonshire. Their work was confusing, monotonous, and meticulous, involving night shifts hunched over papers and operating complex machines. They were bound by strict secrecy and could not discuss their roles. Through Dunlop's interviews, the book captures their experiences navigating war, secrecy, love, and loss.