![]() ![]() Fortunately, the first permanent refugee into the ten Boom household, Hans Poley, kept a daily diary and his 1993 release, Return to the Hiding Place, provides dates and details not mentioned in Corrie’s books. ![]() So I had to answer the obvious question: “Does The Hiding Place tell the whole story, or is there much more?”Īnd since Corrie kept no war diary, her recollections are often vague and without dates. Yet, I hesitated because The Hiding Place has sold millions of copies and is almost sacred within Christian circles. ![]() Her story would bring not only a new country (Netherlands), but a different espionage angle (the Dutch Resistance). As I scoured the various WWII stories available, my mind kept returning to Corrie ten Boom. So I had covered the four western Allied espionage outfits-MI5, MI6, SOE, and OSS-and had written extensively about locales in Portugal, France, and Spain.įor my fourth book I wanted a new country and agency. Then came Code Name: Lise, with SOE agent Odette Sansom serving in France, followed by The Princess Spy, with OSS agent Aline Griffith serving in Spain. My first book, Into the Lion’s Mouth, had been about Dusko Popov, the Serbian MI5/MI6 double agent who served in Portugal, primarily. I wanted to stay within my narrow genre-narrative nonfiction WWII espionage thriller-but I was running out of countries and espionage outfits. ![]() In February 2020 I turned in the manuscript for The Princess Spy and began looking for another story. ![]()
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