The Rose Code

To know about the efforts of many women to decrypt German messages is wonderful and this book does justice to acknowledge their efforts.

"These have knelled your fall and ruin,But your ears were far awayEnglish lassies rustling papersthrough the sodden Bletchley day."[Poem by Alfred Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox, on the Matapan naval victory.]The verse will continue ringing through one's mind long after the read has been done with and the book has been clapped close."War-time" or war-time reality is something quite different from what we contemplate it to be. Every aspect of a wartime social happening is essentially eons apart from how it would've happened in absence of a war-like situation. Amidst all the war-time savagery, bonds are forged, minds are made, and decisions are taken in momentary fits of heaving passion. Those are the times when one simply doesn't have the luxury of pondering endlessly over prophesy and afterthoughts. But this is exactly why these unadulterated decisions, taken in the heat of the moment, turn out to be the most blissful ones of one's life.The story centers around England's iconic Bletchley Park and its marvelously queer assortment of geniuses, whose efforts were one of the greatest aids behind the Allied victory in WWII.The starkness of how the Park compound descended from an absolute bustling secret services HQ to a deserted token of long forgotten war-time English history is otherwise symbolic of the lives of its inmate codebreakers and oddball geniuses whose stories had taken a similar descent after "war-time" was over and their need expired.But in the very end, it must be mentioned that even when post-war quiet manages to seep into the viens of these exceptional brains, there comes those moments of nostalgic surge when one must revisit their glory days spent in rigorous war efforts: because memory is the one place where their worth was never abandoned.

An interesting and engaging book about the Bletchley Park code breakers written in a clever and highly descriptive style. The characters are well developed and endearing, and the dual timeframe s create context and suspense. Highly recommend!

Una historia increíble, relatada de una forma divertida y original. Personajes completamente diferentes pero cada uno especial a su manera.Me encantó.

I stumbled upon this author quite by accident and was astonished to realize that I had discovered a treasure. You may find the synopsis elsewhere, what I want you to know is that Kate Quinn is a gifted raconteur. The characters are complex and multi-layered, as is the plot and the narrative. Riveting, and at times harrowing, this is the best book I have read in decades. This is outside of my usual genre, but has opened a whole new world for me. I will use her other books as rewards for good behavior. If I lose 10 pounds or save someone's life, I may read another one.

Once you start and if you like historical fiction, this novel is very readable. Had a great time reading this book!!

I liked the history or it and the twists!!!