Quinn’s detailed construction of that world is riveting, not just her descriptions of technical matters, but also the human interactions in that intense and desperate enterprise. Most people today know the story of Bletchley Park – how bright young things learned to decode messages generated by the German Enigma machines and, along with a collection of genius misfits and military leaders, put together an enormous decryption enterprise. Chapters from the later time period, November 1947, are a day-by-day countdown to the royal wedding of Prince Philip of Greece, retitled as the Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the future Queen of England.
They’ve been recruited for jobs that haven’t been well-defined-though we readers know the challenges they’ll face-and arrive displaying a mixture of youthful high spirits, enthusiasm, and uncertainty. Most of it happens in December 1939, when three young women converge on Bletchley Park. Kate Quinn’s engrossing new espionage thriller takes place in two time periods.
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