![]() ![]() Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn't heard in decades, and launching them both on a mission to find the truth. 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. Sent into enemy-occupied France during The Great War, 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. ![]() In 1915, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance to serve when she's recruited to work as a spy for the English. So when Charlie's family banishes her to Europe to have her "little problem" take care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister. The novel features two strong heroines - Eve Gardiner and Charlie St Clair. The Queen of Spies herself, courtesy of Wikipedia. She's also nursing a fervent belief that her beloved French cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive somewhere. The Alice Network was actually real as was the leader and Kate Quinn has done a marvelous job of interweaving actual historic events into a story that is hard to put down. The librarian spy: a novel of World War II Cover. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. the Queen of Spies, who manages a vast network of secret agents. "It's 1947 and American college girl Charlie St. ![]()
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