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The Briar Club
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The Briar Club is the most recent historical fiction novel by the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Kate Quinn. Quinn has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set during the Italian Renaissance. The Alice Network (2017), The Huntress (2019), The Rose Code (2021), The Diamond Eye (2022), and The Briar Club are all set in the 20th century. Quinn’s novels feature strong female protagonists who must navigate the constraints of their male-dominated cultures to assert their right to self-determination. Her books have been translated into multiple languages.
The Briar Club falls under the categories of historical thrillers and women’s historical fiction. As the tenants in a Washington, DC, boarding house try to cover up two murders and survive the McCarthy era, the novel explores the themes of Finding Support and Overcoming Differences in a Circle of Friends, Navigating American Identities and Societal Restrictions Amid McCarthyism, and The Struggle for Freedom.
This study guide refers to the HarperCollins 2024 e-book edition of the novel.
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