Goodreads asked Katharine Quarmby:

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

Katharine Quarmby I'm not sure which of my books this refers to - but if it is The Priest, The Assassin and Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, it is part of our family history. My mother's grandfather was the Dean of Sarajevo, Kosta Bozic, and spent time in prison as a nationalist during the First World War. According to family legend, he blessed Gavrilo Princip, the man who is thought to have triggered the First World War, before the assassination. This is a fictional account of that time.

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