The Rose Code by Kate Quinn.
About The Book
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.
1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything—beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses—but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart.
1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer...
My Review
The Rose Code is told by multiple narrators and alternates between the times of 1940 and 1947.
The Rose Code is a romance, mystery, and historical fiction read with intrigue.
Kate Quinn is one of my favourite historical fiction authors. She is one of the authors I read that has the ability to make me forget I am reading. Her writing is very transporting and allows me to immerse myself fully in the story being told.
I have read The Huntress, The Alice Network, and now her newest novel, The Rose Code and I look forward to reading any novel Kate Quinn writes in the future.
My Rating: 5/5
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Book Details
Author: Kate Quinn.
Publisher: William Morrow.
Publication Date: March 9, 2021.
Genre: Historical fiction. History. World War II. Thrillers - Espionage. War & Military.
Edition: Paperback.
Pages: 656.