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The Rose Code

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The Rose Code

By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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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. Award-winning narrator Saskia Maarleveld’s emotional delivery cracks the code of bringing each heroine to vivid life.

“Effortlessly evokes the frantic, nervy, exuberant world of the Enigma codebreakers through the eyes of three extraordinary women… gripping and beautifully executed.”—Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author

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...

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The voices of the male characters were much louder than those of the female characters, especially in the early chapters. The need to make frequent volume adjustments distracted from an otherwise excellent book

Excellent story-but uneven volume

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I rate my books on how excited I am to return to it! This one, IMHO, was just Exceptional... enjoy!

TOP 10 of my 800 books! 🍀

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One of the MOST enjoyable and gripping historical novels I’ve ever read. The characters are wonderful and well realized. You can see a few things coming, and the end ties up a bit too neatly for real life, but overlook that and let yourself be engrossed in the world of Bletchley Park and three of its fictional workers, as they battle the war on their own front, and after its end, are caught up in a race towards a heart-pounding conclusion. I couldn’t put it down. Brava, Ms. Quinn!!!

WOW is all I can say!

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This is a gem of a tale. Real life scenarios are dealt with in a realistic way. Neither prudish nor over dramatized. Highly recommend this book.

Interesting and well written.

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This book had it all. Great writing, story, characters, and audio narration. If you like a good story, give this one a go. You won't be disappointed.

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