Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing
Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Jenna LaReau.
- 1st ed.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004.
- 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Nonsecret codes -- book code -- dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks.
A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.