Reading History: The Rose Code

Kate Quinn’s new historical novel is a brilliant story about female codebreakers in World War II Britain.

Dr. Thomas J. West III
Published in
5 min readApr 11, 2021

--

Warning: Some spoilers for the book ensue.

I distinctly remember when I first read Kate Quinn. I was still a master’s student at Syracuse University, and I happened to see a copy of her first book, Mistress of

--

--

Dr. Thomas J. West III
Cliophilia

Ph.D. in English | Film and TV geek | Lover of fantasy and history | Full-time writer | Feminist and queer | Liberal scold and gadfly