I recently finished The Rose Code by Kate Quinn and am sad it’s over. It is that wonderful kind of historical fiction that tells a fascinating story and effortlessly transports you to another place and time. I grew to love the characters and, once finished, found myself researching the women codebreakers in World War II. I highly recommend this one!
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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Did your research discover the Duchess of Cambridge’s was a code breaker at Bletchley Park? I thought that was an interesting tidbit.
Yes! I agree – was fascinated. My best friend went to BP a few years ago. Said it was one of the most memorable places she visited.
The Duchess of Cambridge’s grandmother was a code breaker at Bletchley Park.