The Rose Code

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Author
Kate Quinn
Publisher
HQ Fiction
Genre
Historical Fiction
Released
03 March, 2021
ISBN
9780008455859

The Rose Code

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Synopsis

1940, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire. Three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla has the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses – but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, working to translate decoded enemy secrets. Self-made Mab masters the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and the poverty of her East-End London upbringing. And shy local girl Beth is the outsider who trains as one of the Park's few female cryptanalyses. 1947, London. Seven years after they first meet, on the eve of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and betrayal. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code together, before it's too late, for them and for their country.

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Heart-Stopping WWII Historical: Read an Extract of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

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9 March 2021

Heart-Stopping WWII Historical: Read an Extract of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

    The Rose Code is Another Riveting WWII Historical From Bestselling Author Kate Quinn

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    8 March 2021

    The Rose Code is Another Riveting WWII Historical From Bestselling Author Kate Quinn

      Kate Quinn
      About the author

      Kate Quinn

      Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. She has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga, and two books in the Italian Renaissance, before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network and The Huntress. All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with two rescue dogs. 

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