I found it refreshing to read about WW1 as it seems so much of the popular historical fiction novels focus on WW2. This book is long yet reads at a fast and steady pace.

Eve’s wit was dry and sarcastic while Charlie and her “little problem” made me warm to her immediately. I also found it appealing that both characters had a good sense of humor amidst all the despair. How they both grew to be better people through their unusual but endearing friendship was well done. Both the protagonists, Eve and Charlie, are flawed and emotionally scarred, yet completely realistic. I applaud her character development as well. I was able to read this book as a movie in my mind it was so good. Although those take place in the 1 st century, she had no problem moving forward in time to the 20 th century. I’m familiar with Quinn’s work as a long time fan of the Empress of Rome series. Considering the time period, well before women’s rights had advanced, embedding the more delicate gender under the German’s noses was brilliant. Once again, I am utterly amazed that I’d never heard of these brave, ambitious women who risked their lives daily, in hopes of defeating the Germans. The Alice Network is a wonderful work of historical fiction about the ring of female spies during WW1.

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. 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.

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. 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. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family.

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn– 528 pagesĪRC courtesy of author and Edelweiss Book Blurb:ġ947.

The alice network book review