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The Alice Network: A Novel Audiobook
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In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling 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.
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.
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.
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“Has history, suspense, romance, and women kicking butt. I couldn’t put it down.”
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“Amazing historical fiction…a must read!”
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“Lovingly crafted and brimming with details…Powerful reading you can’t put down!”
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“This fast-paced story offers courageous heroines, villains you love to hate, and dramatic life-or-death stakes. A compelling blend of historical fiction, mystery, and women’s fiction.”
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“The plotting is seamless, the pace breathtaking, and the prose is both vivid and laced with just the right amount of details. Fans of historical fiction, spy fiction, and thrilling drama will love every moment.”
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“Both funny and heartbreaking…Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book!”
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“Perfectly balances a propulsive plot, faultlessly observed period detail, and a cast of characters so vividly drawn that I half expected to blink and see them standing in front of me. This is historical fiction at its best—thrilling, affecting, revelatory.”
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“An enthralling tale filled with breath-taking narrative that will make the reader feel as if they’re in the back of the roadster, riding along with the raucous Eve and courageous Charlie on their clandestine adventures. Suspenseful and engrossing.”
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“Kate Quinn strums the chords of every human emotion with two story lines that race over continents and through decades to converge in one explosive ending.”
— Marci Jefferson, author of Enchantress of Paris
Awards
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A June 2017 LibraryReads Pick
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A Historical Novels Review Editors’ Choice
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BookPage Top Pick for June 2017
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New York Times bestseller
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USA Today bestseller
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An NPR Best Book of 2017
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A 2018 Audie Award Finalist for Best Female Narrator
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Parade Magazine Pick for Summer 2017
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Good Housekeeping Pick for Summer Reading
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A New York Times audio bestseller
The Alice Network Listener Reviews
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" Charlie, Finn, and the irascible Evelyn Gardener weave a story that is wholly engrossing and impossible to put down. "
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About Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the twentieth century. All have been translated into multiple languages. She attended Boston University, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classical voice.
About Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld is an experienced voice-over actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator. Raised in New Zealand and France, she is highly skilled with accents and dialects, and many of her books have been narrated entirely in accents other than her own. In addition to audiobooks, her voice can be heard in animation, video games, and commercials.