Bøger af Kate Quinn

New York Times BestsellerThe bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son?but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper?a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour.Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC?until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life.Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.

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, code name Alice, 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. That is 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.

The first in an unforgettable historical saga from the New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress. "So gripping, your hands are glued to the book, and so vivid it burns itself into your mind's eye and stays with you long after you turn the final page."-Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author First-century Rome: One young woman will hold the fate of an empire in her hands.Thea, a captive from Judaea, is a clever and determined survivor hiding behind a slave's docile mask. Purchased as a toy for the spoiled heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea evades her mistress's spite and hones a secret passion for music. But when Thea wins the love of Rome's newest and most savage gladiator and dares to dream of a better life, the jealous Lepida tears the lovers apart and casts Thea out.Rome offers many ways for the resourceful to survive, and Thea remakes herself as a singer for the Eternal 'City's glittering aristocrats. As she struggles for success and independence, her nightingale voice attracts a dangerous new admirer: the Emperor himself. But the passions of an all-powerful man come with a heavy price, and Thea finds herself fighting for both her soul and her destiny.Many have tried to destroy the Emperor: a vengeful gladiator, an upright senator, a tormented soldier, a Vestal Virgin. But in the end, the life of Rome's most powerful man lies in the hands of one woman: the Emperor's mistress.

The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network

?The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors.?--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac GirlsA breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers?seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution?and change the world.In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise?upending a world order that has long oppressed them.Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women's march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king's pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head.But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution's ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France's blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan's daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France's fate: the fearsome Robespierre.

I december 1939 gør englænderne sig klar til at kæmpe mod nazisterne. Tre meget forskellige kvinder med hver deres talent tager til den mystiske landejendom Bletchley Park, hvor nationens skarpeste hjerner optrænes til at bryde de tyske militærkoder. Men krig, tab og det ekstreme hemmelighedskræmmerier kommer mellem de tre kvinder. 8 år efter i 1947, da det kongelige bryllup mellem prinsesse Elizabeth og prins Phillip sætter hele England på den anden ende, bliver de tre tidligere kollegaer genforenet af et mystisk, kodet brev. Koden til det ligger begravet i det gamle bedrag, der ødelagde deres tætte venskab og spærrede den ene af kvinderne inde på en sindssygeanstalt. En mystisk forræder er trådt frem af skyggerne fra deres fortid på Bletchley Park, og nu må Osla, Mab og Beth genoplive deres gamle alliance og knække en sidste kode sammen. Men for hvert kronblad, de fjerner fra rosenkoden, kommer faren – og deres virkelige fjende – tættere på.

1940 Alt imens England gør klar til at kæmpe mod nazisterne, siger tre meget forskellige kvinder ja til en opfordring om at tage til den mystiske landejendom Bletchley Park, hvor nationens skarpeste hjerner optrænes til at bryde tyske militærkoder. Den livfulde debutant Osla er pigen, der har det hele – skønhed, rigdom og den flotte Prins Philip af Grækenlands opmærksomhed – men hun higer efter at bevise, at hun kan andet end at begå sig på de bonede gulve. Hun bruger sit flydende tyske til at blive oversætter af fjendens afkodede hemmeligheder. Hovmodige, selvhjulpne Mab, produktet af fattigdommen i Londons East End, betjener de legendariske kodebrydningsmaskiner, mens hun skjuler gamle sår og er på udkig efter en ægtemand, der kan avancere hende i de sociale kredse. Såvel Osla som Mab ser hurtigt potentialet i landsbyens kuede pebermø Beth, hvis generthed dækker over et uovertruffent talent for mønstre, og snart breder Beth sine vinger ud som en af Bletchley Parks få, kvindelige kryptoanalytikere. Men krig, tab og det ekstreme hemmelighedskræmmeri kommer mellem de tre. 1947 Mens det kongelige bryllup mellem prinsesse Elizabeth og prins Phillip sætter hele efterkrigstidens England på den anden ende, bliver de tre tidligere venner, nu fjender, genforenet af et mystisk, kodet brev – og nøglen til det ligger begravet i det gamle bedrag, der ødelagde deres venskab og spærrede den ene af dem inde på en sindssygeanstalt. En mystisk forræder er trådt frem af skyggerne fra deres fortid på Bletchley Park, og nu må Osla, Mab og Beth genoplive deres gamle alliance og knække en sidste kode sammen. Men for hvert kronblad, de fjerner fra rosenkoden, kommer faren – og deres virkelige fjende – tættere på … Kate Quinn er en amerikansk forfatter, der har skrevet en lang række historiske romaner, som blandt andet udspiller sig i Romerriget og under den italienske renæssance. I 2018 vendte hun sig mod det 20. århundredes begivenheder og udgav bestselleren Kodenavn Alice, som også var hendes første roman på dansk. Bogen er baseret på en sand historie om kvindelige spioner under Første Verdenskrig. I 2019 fulgte Jægerinden om de legendariske Night Witches – et kvindeligt natbomberegiment, der skabte kaos for den tyske fjende på Østfronten.

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. 1940.

Jægerinden I kølvandet på krigen bliver jægeren den jagede. Russiske Nina Markova har altid drømt om at flyve. Da nazisterne angriber Sovjetunionen, sætter hun alt på spil for at slutte sig til de legendariske Night Witches – et kvindeligt natbomberegiment, der skaber kaos for den tyske fjende på Østfronten. Da hun strander bag fjendens rækker, bliver Nina bytte for den farlige kvindelige nazist kendt som Jægerinden, og Nina må kæmpe med alt, hvad hun har, for at holde sig i live. Forandret af krigens rædsel er den britiske krigskorrespondent Ian Graham blevet nazistjæger, men der er især ét mål, som han er desperat efter at indfange: Jægerinden. I sin intense jagt på dette sagnomspundne spøgelse bliver det klart for ham, at han har brug for hjælp fra det eneste vidne, der nogensinde har undsluppet Jægerinden i live: Nina.   Jægerinden er en hjerteskærende historie om krigens konsekvenser og den pris, vi betaler i vores søgen efter sandhed og retfærdighed.   Kate Quinn er en amerikansk forfatter, som bor i det sydlige Californien. I 2018 udkom hendes første roman på dansk - Kodenavn Alice - en historisk roman baseret på den sande historie om kvindelige spioner under 1. verdenskrig. Hun har tidligere skrevet flere historiske bøger, som er blevet oversat til adskillige sprog.

?The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors.?--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac GirlsA breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers?seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution?and change the world.In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise?upending a world order that has long oppressed them.Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women's march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king's pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head.But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution's ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France's blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan's daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France's fate: the fearsome Robespierre.

Instant New York Times Bestseller!"...compulsively readable historical fiction...[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity.? - Kristin Hannah, The Washington Post One of Marie Claire's Best Women's Fiction Books of the YearOne of BookBub's Biggest Books of the Year?If you enjoyed ?The Tattooist of Auschwitz,? read ?The Huntress,? by Kate Quinn." The Washington PostFrom the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted...Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her alive.Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancée, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother's past?only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.In this immersive, heart-wrenching story, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and THE HUNTRESS comes a dark and dazzling Roman epic, perfect for those who loved the HBO mini-series ROME.