La Red de Alice / The Alice Network – hinnat ja saatavuus

Selecci n del Club de Lectura Hello Sunshine de Reese Witherspoon. LA NOVELA HIST RICA DEL A OEn 1915 una red de valerosas esp as dej un legado de gloria y sacrificio. Pero tambi n de traici n. Treinta a os despu s, ha llegado la hora de la verdad. 1947. La joven americana Charlie St. Clair est embarazada, soltera y a punto de ser expulsada de su muy decente familia. Mientras su mundo se viene abajo, su nica ilusi n es la d bil esperanza de que su amada prima Rose, que desapareci en la Francia ocupada por los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, siga viva. 1915. Un a o despu s del estallido de la Gran Guerra, Eve Gardiner est deseando unirse a la lucha contra los alemanes, as que no duda un instante cuando es reclutada como esp a de la organizaci n clandestina conocida como «la red de Alice . Tres d cadas m s tarde, obsesionada por la traici n que destruy la red, Eve pasa sus d as entre botellas de alcohol encerrada en su ruinosa casa de Londres. Hasta que una joven americana aparece en su puerta pronunciando un nombre que Eve no ha escuchado desde hace d cadas y embarcada en una misi n: averiguar la verdad sin importar a d nde conduzca. Hero smo, amor y suspense en una apasionante novela inspirada en el episodio hist rico real de la red de mujeres esp as que salv a m s de mil soldados de la muerte. **M s de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos**En las listas de best sellers de The New York Times y USA Today**Finalista en la categor a de Mejor Novela Hist rica de los Premios Goodreads 2018**N mero 1 en ficci n hist rica para el Globe and Mail**Uno de los mejores libros del a o para la National Public Radio de EEUU**Seleccionado para el Club de Lectura de Reese Witherspoon**Entre las novelas hist ricas del a o para BookBub**Novela del verano para Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal y Goodreads ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBubIn 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. "Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and sacrifice. Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book "--Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter