The Alice Network: A Novel by Kate Quinn

The Alice Network: A Novel

Kate Quinn
528 pages
William Morrow
Jun 2017
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<p>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. </p><p>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 &quot;little problem&quot; taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.</p><p>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 &quot;Queen of Spies&quot;, who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy's nose. </p><p>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.</p><p>&quot;Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and sacrifice. Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book!&quot; - Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter</p>

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Great story based on real women

The story takes place after WWII. Our main heroine is a young American who comes to England to deal with a problem. Charlie has other ideas, though, and breaks away from her mother to go look for her cousin Rose, whom she hasn’t heard from in a long time. She ends up meeting Eve, a spy that worked for the Alice Network and her driver, Finn. Eve tells Charlie about the Alice Network and the women who worked in it and the betrayer who brought it all down. Eve is reenergized in finding the betrayer and Charlie and Finn take of for France to discover the fate of Rose and where the betrayer is. The book is fast paced, never a dull moment. Characters were interesting and Charlie really grows up in this story. Read more

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