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When war drums echo across London in 1940, Maggie Hope, a top‑grading college graduate, accepts a typist position at No. 10 Downing Street. Though hired because of her gender, Maggie’s remarkable intellect and code‑breaking talent quickly place her beside Britain’s highest officials.
Her new role grants her unprecedented security clearance and a front‑row seat to the War Rooms, where she discovers that a malevolent faction is planning to alter the trajectory of history. As tensions rise, Maggie must navigate political intrigue, protect national secrets, and confront the hidden forces threatening Britain’s future.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Susan Elia MacNeal
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