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. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart.ġ947. 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. 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. 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. 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. I love reading Kate Quinn’s author’s notes that she includes in the back of her books.ġ940. I love it!! There is a turn of events that really did happen, a traitor was working at Bletchley Park, so I’ve read. I’m only just over one hundred pages into this very inspiring, intriguing, well-researched (can’t expect anything less from Kate Quinn), captivating, story about three women who were code-breakers at Bletchley Park in WWII. Described by Churchill as the ‘secret weapon’ that ‘won the war’, the men and women of Bletchley Park. Once described by Winston Churchill: Bletchley Park, the most successful intelligence agency in history. Black Bear Pictures, the team behind Benedict Cumberbatch feature film The Imitation Game, is heading back to Bletchley Park – this time for the small screen. And, The Rose Code, will be adapted into a T.V. In which case, I thought it would be fitting to give this novel it’s own post, instead of including it on my Autumn reading list 2021, even though it really should be. When I heard that Kate Quinn was back with another historical-fiction that is based on a true story, I was thrilled! Like The Alice Network, through-out the book, I’d pull up my computer and research these characters in

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