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\n1940. As Engla nd prepares to fight the Nazis\, three very different women answer the cal l to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park\, where the best minds in Br itain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is th e girl who has everything&mdash\;beauty\, wealth\, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses&mdash\;but she burns to prove herself a s more than a society girl\, and puts her fluent German to use as a transl ator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab\, product of East-E nd London poverty\, works the legendary code-breaking machines as she conc eals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla a nd Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth\, who se shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles\, and soon Beth spre ads her wings as one of the Park&rsquo\;s few female cryptanalysts. But wa r\, loss\, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apar t.
\n1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phi lip whips post-war Britain into a fever\, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter&mdash\;the key to which lies bu ried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past\, and now Osla\, Mab\, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each pe tal they remove from the rose code brings danger&mdash\;and their true ene my&mdash\;closer...
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