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1. Describe the narrative style of the novel. From what perspective is the story related?

The narrative is primarily related from the perspective of a third-person narrator with focus that shifts between the three main protagonists: Mab, Osla, and Beth. It is related in the past tense. Some sections, such as the Bletchley Bletherings excerpts, come from other sources and are also in the third person.

2. How is the novel structured?

The novel is structured in 85 chapters with an Introduction, Prologue, and Epilogue. The timeline of the chapters switches between 1947 and the events that happened several years earlier, beginning in 1939.

3. How would you describe the language style in The Rose Code?

The language style in this book is reflective of its setting in a rural estate in England in the 1930s-1940s. Much of the slang is British and indicative of the times. There is some use of German and Russian in relation to the code-breaking, but it is primarily in English.

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