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 books are not short, but at least for me, they are fast reading because you are so engrossed in the story that you want to keep reading.1940. I am always impressed at the level of research that Quinn puts into her books.
There were several twists that I had not expected, and I had not worked out what happened until I was told-some of the others figured things out sooner than me, and some were with me. There is a great deal of intrigue, a little romance, and a lot of historical fiction. He is mentioned in the Rose Code, but the story line follows society girl Osla, self-made Mab, and a local girl Beth, who is a mathematical wizard but slightly on the spectrum. I first heard of Bletchley Park in the movie The Imitation Game, based on mathematical genius Alan Turing. This story line centered around three very different young women who get recruited to work at top-secret Bletchley Park trying to break German codes. Quinn does a good job of highlighting strong women and their roles in the war. While I have to admit I am getting a little tired of that setting, I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 of these books.
All of these books are centered around events that really happened in WWII. The other two were The Alice Network and the Huntress. This is the third book of Kate Quinn that I have read.
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