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Dorabella Cipher

Posted in Art, History, Puzzles by Greg Ross on September 24th, 2005

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In 1897 the English composer Edward Elgar sent this enciphered message to his friend Dora Penny. Dora couldn't decipher it, and neither can anyone else. Can you?