An unforgettable war story to be sure, but also a tale of friendship, fortitude, and forgiveness. In her signature fashion, Kate Quinn expertly and vividly breaks wide open the secret world of Bletchley Park’s remarkable codebreakers. ' The Rose Code is everything you love about an unputdownable novel and more. Quinn’s meticulous research and impeccable characterization shine through this gripping and beautifully executed novel.” - Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight The Rose Code effortlessly evokes the frantic, nervy, exuberant world of the Enigma codebreakers through the eyes of three extraordinary women who work in tireless secrecy to defeat the Nazis. “The hidden history of Bletchley Park has been waiting for a master storyteller like Kate Quinn to bring it to life.

But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger-and their true enemy-closer. 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. 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.

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.ġ940. “The reigning queen of historical fiction” - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenu e

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