l waited like a greyhound in the slips for her next three. l started to read the first waiting for a tram and after page one, l went back to the book shop and was hysterical with pleasure to find they had all four, AND the two Borgia books. the roman quartet, which, frustratingly, is not available on audible. L first fell upon Kate Quinns books quite a while ago. If you loved The Crown, don’t miss this riveting historical novel. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code together, before it’s too late, for them and for their country. Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and betrayal. Seven years after they first meet, on the eve of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. And shy local girl Beth is the outsider who trains as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts.

Self-made Mab masters the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and the poverty of her East-End London upbringing. Vivacious debutante Osla has the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, working to translate decoded enemy secrets. Three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Winner of Historical Novel of the Year in NetGalley UK's Books of 2021 The brand-new historical novel from the best-selling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress !

The rose code by kate quinn summary