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The Alice Network

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The Alice Network

By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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In an enthralling new historical novel from national best-selling 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.

It's 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.

It's 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.

©2017 Kate Quinn (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction War Military Exciting Scary England Mystery Highlander

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By far one of my favourite listens. A storyline that kept me guessing and hoping. Not always a comfortable listen but a rich mix of loss and hope.

Rich, Moving, engrossing

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It was like the nicest treat you could ever have. There was a temptation to gobble it up but I found myself savouring every word on every page not wanting the book to finish. I'll miss Charlie and Finn but Eve most of all. x

Enthralling

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A brillant book and really well read. I liked how it was about two women and their relationship and also the past. It started slowly but after an hour I couldn't stop listening!

Gripping story of strong women

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This was a very enjoyable read, shocking and blood chilling in parts, but boy did this end lekker! Loved the whole book

The story ended so deliciously

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It was a great story and liked all the characters. I found it interesting to read about WW1 and 2. The narrator is brilliant

A great book

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This was a well crafted story around the true “Alice Network” and the main female spy that lead them in the First World War. I loved the characters, I loved the story, I loved the twists and turns of the story.

This was based on a real spy

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well developed characters, a great lovestory, a very flawed but in the end loveable heroine, and all set amongst the hardship of 2 world wars. loved the production of the audiobook

histlrical fiction at its best

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Gripping, and very well written. Pulled you into the story, difficult to put down, absolutely loved it

The characters of Eve and Charlie

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I loved this, such a fascinating story, and some of the characters are based on real people. History, women spies, interesting plot.

Really good , give it a go

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Beautifully read following an enthralling story. Eve and Charlie were wonderfully characterised. Couldn’t stop listening

Fabulous

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