The Alice Network
By Kate Quinn
William Morrow Trade Paperback
Original ISBN: 9780062654199
Pages: 528 | Price: $16.99
Also available in eBook: ISBN:
9780062654205 | $9.99
And as an audio book: ISBN:
9780062676603 | $27.99
In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling
author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice
Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite
searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of
courage and redemption.
1947. In the
chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is
pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper
family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who
disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So
when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little
problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined
to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
1915. A year into the
Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and
unexpectedly gets her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. Sent into
enemy-occupied France, she's trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the "Queen
of Spies", who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the
enemy's nose.
Thirty years later, haunted by the
betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days
drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges
in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launches them both on a
mission to find the truth...no matter where it leads.
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Outstanding
and mesmerizing are the two words that first came to mind as I finished The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. This story is wonderfully written with deep,
rich and complex characters. With great
details along with solid writing, Ms. Quinn expertly brought this amazing story
to life. This story kept me deeply
engrossed with thrilling suspense, intriguing espionage and heartbreaking
moments. I’m normally not a fan of historical
fiction of this time period (specifically WWI and WW2), but I could not put
this book down for a second.
In addition to reading this book, I listened to it as an audio book. The narrator, Saskia Maarleveld, did an
AMAZING job with the characters and their accents. The character’s personalities and the story
itself truly came to life with Maarleveld’s performance and took this already great
story to another level of grandness that was unsurpassed.
Overall,
this was an amazing story that truly is a must read for any fan of historical
fiction and one that I would highly recommend.
5 stars
Kate Quinn is a native of Southern California. She attended
Boston University, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in
classical voice. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the
Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance detailing the
early years of the infamous Borgia clan. All have been translated into multiple
languages. She and her husband now live in Maryland with two black dogs named
Caesar and Calpurnia.
Good poost
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