Kay Kenyon
Hi Tom :-)
The 1930s - and particularly in England - was a period overshadowed by the catastrophic losses of World War I. In 1936 the British were exhausted and nearly every family was grieving deeply personal losses. People didn't want to believe that Hitler would bring war to their European doorstep. In hindsight, this attitude was understandable, but ultimately ruinous. Reading about the thirties is always accompanied by a sense of looming darkness and an acute sense of missteps and what might have been. These currents of war, grief and fear caused deep divides in public opinion, and set up my story where combating fascism must be relegated to the shadow world of espionage.
The 1930s - and particularly in England - was a period overshadowed by the catastrophic losses of World War I. In 1936 the British were exhausted and nearly every family was grieving deeply personal losses. People didn't want to believe that Hitler would bring war to their European doorstep. In hindsight, this attitude was understandable, but ultimately ruinous. Reading about the thirties is always accompanied by a sense of looming darkness and an acute sense of missteps and what might have been. These currents of war, grief and fear caused deep divides in public opinion, and set up my story where combating fascism must be relegated to the shadow world of espionage.
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