Kate Quinn (1) (1975–)
Autor(a) de The Alice Network
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About the Author
Kate Quinn was born and raised in southern California. She attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor¿s and later a Master¿s degree in Classical Voice. She has always been a lifelong history buff. She put that love of history to work when she wrote four novels in the Empress of Rome mostrar mais Saga, and two books in the Italian Renaissance. She then moved on to the 20th century with "The Alice Network". (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Kate Quinn
The Tumbril 4 exemplares
Associated Works
Songs of Blood and Gold — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1975-05-09
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Southern California, USA
- Locais de residência
- San Diego, California, USA
Maryland, USA - Educação
- Boston University
- Ocupações
- writer
historical novelist - Agente
- Pamela Strickler
Kevan Lyon (Marshal Lyon Literary Agency)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Classical Voice. She has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga, and two books in the Italian Renaissance, before turning to the 20th century with "The Alice Network" and "The Huntress." All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with two rescue dogs, and her interests include opera, action movies, cooking, and the Boston Red Sox.
Membros
Críticas
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (2)
Eastern Europe (1)
Names in Titles (1)
The Trojan War (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 20
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 11,957
- Popularidade
- #1,961
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 662
- ISBN
- 217
- Línguas
- 13
- Marcado como favorito
- 9
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Friendships and love affairs are begun in a strained atmosphere of secrecy and the urgency of war. Some interesting themes -the effects of war on the lives of those living day to day, and also the immense stress of this type of work. Also, should loyalty to country override loyalty to friends and family? How long should secrets be kept, and to what extent?
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