The rose code

The Rose Code is historical fiction at its best. Dealing with a subject that until recently wasn't public knowledge. Bletchley Park was the top secret World War 2 Codebreakers. Not much was known about the women behind the scenes and this book about three women before and after their time at Bletchley Park is an incredible tale.

It says a lot when a book stays with you for weeks after you have finished it and this is one of those book. The story begins with a cryptogram. And just like that Osla is back into the days of breaking codes. And the stage is set. What made three friends hate each other? And why, after years of being apart is one reaching out to the others?

 Ms. Quinn has researched this incredibly well. I love that we start the story at the time of then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillips wedding. The writing paints such a vivid description you can feel the joy of the biggest event since the end of the war. The three women in the story all come from different backgrounds and look and act differently. They are thrown together by World War 2. Each wants to do their part and end up at Bletchley Park. One from the upper class, one from the working class and one who is in between the two. Only a war could bring the three together.

For most readers now the only way we can understand or come close to feel anything from World War 2, it books like this. From the train ride into Bletchley Park to the escape at the end, Ms. Quinn's words invoke all of the emotions that must have been present at the time. Not only was it a different time but society was different as well. All of that is captured in The Rose Code. Historical novels that are well researched are one of the best ways to get a taste of an era or place and then readers can learn more if they want to.

Escape to a different time with this novel.

Categories for this book: historical fiction, friendship, betrayal

My rating:☕☕☕☕☕

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