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Goodreads asked Jane Thynne:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jane Thynne I was always interested in the Third Reich, but I wanted to know about the female side of it - how if felt to be a woman living under that very misogynistic regime. Clara Vine, who is an Anglo-German actress, has the opportunity to come into contact with several of the Nazi wives, and I wanted to explore how much they knew about the activities of their husbands, and whether they influenced them. I also wanted to capture that swirling atmosphere in 1939 on the brink of war as spies circled in the shadows. Being a spy also involves personal sacrifice, and Clara can't escape that in her personal life.

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