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The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
5.0
The Rose Code written by Kate Quinn, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
PUB DATE: March 9, 2021
The Rose Code is a suspenseful, compelling and immersive historical fiction set between 1939 and 1947 leading up to the Royal Wedding of Future Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. The story follows 3 young women who are wildly different when they meet in 1940. Osla is a vivacious debutante with beauty, wealth and is dating the Prince Phillip of Greece (yes, the same one that marries Queen Elizabeth). She’s fluent in multiple languages. Mab is beautiful, tall & looking for financial security in a husband. She is the product of East End London poverty ,self-made and imperious. Beth is quiet, reclusive & bullied by her mother but discovers she has the brilliant gift of decoding covert transmissions.
These intelligent women become close as sisters, defending and supporting one another. As the war rages on, they are affected by the war in different and devastating ways. As one would expect, with all friendships there comes expectations and with expectations there will be disappointments and regrets.
Quinn alternates the timelines between 1947 as we’re nearing the Royal Wedding, we learn that the friends are not only estranged but scorn each other. The beginning of the book opens with Mab & Osla each receiving an encrypted letter smuggled from an asylum where their former friend, Beth has been for the past 3 years asking for their help in catching a traitor within Bletchley Park. Will they look past their history, come together for their country again in what is called The Rose Code.
Saskia Maarleveld’s marvelous narration engaged me in this absolutely captivating & fascinating novel by Kate Quinn.
Codebreakers sworn to secrecy during WWII are thought to have shortened the war by at least 2 years. They worked to break top secret foreign military codes and their efforts have saved countless lives. Kate Quinn’s well-researched historical fiction sends us back to the days during and after WWII & I applaud that she always chooses strong women protagonists for her novels and really fleshes out the characters. These characters are based on real life veteran codebreakers, Mab, 96 yeas old and works at BP as a bomb demonstrator! Beth, 98 years old & still takes her oath seriously. Osla’s memoir which accounts her time in Hut 4 as a German translator was not published until after her death.
Thank you so much Kate Quinn, William Morrow, HarperAudio & Netgalley for this ALC!
PUB DATE: March 9, 2021
The Rose Code is a suspenseful, compelling and immersive historical fiction set between 1939 and 1947 leading up to the Royal Wedding of Future Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. The story follows 3 young women who are wildly different when they meet in 1940. Osla is a vivacious debutante with beauty, wealth and is dating the Prince Phillip of Greece (yes, the same one that marries Queen Elizabeth). She’s fluent in multiple languages. Mab is beautiful, tall & looking for financial security in a husband. She is the product of East End London poverty ,self-made and imperious. Beth is quiet, reclusive & bullied by her mother but discovers she has the brilliant gift of decoding covert transmissions.
These intelligent women become close as sisters, defending and supporting one another. As the war rages on, they are affected by the war in different and devastating ways. As one would expect, with all friendships there comes expectations and with expectations there will be disappointments and regrets.
Quinn alternates the timelines between 1947 as we’re nearing the Royal Wedding, we learn that the friends are not only estranged but scorn each other. The beginning of the book opens with Mab & Osla each receiving an encrypted letter smuggled from an asylum where their former friend, Beth has been for the past 3 years asking for their help in catching a traitor within Bletchley Park. Will they look past their history, come together for their country again in what is called The Rose Code.
Saskia Maarleveld’s marvelous narration engaged me in this absolutely captivating & fascinating novel by Kate Quinn.
Codebreakers sworn to secrecy during WWII are thought to have shortened the war by at least 2 years. They worked to break top secret foreign military codes and their efforts have saved countless lives. Kate Quinn’s well-researched historical fiction sends us back to the days during and after WWII & I applaud that she always chooses strong women protagonists for her novels and really fleshes out the characters. These characters are based on real life veteran codebreakers, Mab, 96 yeas old and works at BP as a bomb demonstrator! Beth, 98 years old & still takes her oath seriously. Osla’s memoir which accounts her time in Hut 4 as a German translator was not published until after her death.
Thank you so much Kate Quinn, William Morrow, HarperAudio & Netgalley for this ALC!