The Rose Code : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
624, 24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Fiction - Adult Fiction | FIC PBK | On Hold Shelf | |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | Checked Out | April 16, 2024 |
Atascadero Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | Checked Out | April 27, 2024 |
Los Osos Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | On Hold Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Fiction.
Great Britain. -- Government Communications Headquarters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Fiction.
Great Britain. -- Government Communications Headquarters -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
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Published
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes bonus section of insights interviews, & reading group guide.
Description
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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