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The Rose Code : a novel / Kate Quinn.

Quinn, Kate, (author.).

Summary:

1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to the mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla 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, a 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 postwar Britain into a fever, the 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. An enigmatic 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...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063059412
  • Physical Description: 624, 24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion guide.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > England > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 21 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Radium Hot Springs Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 21 total copies.

Other Formats and Editions

English (3)
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