Margarete is mistaken for the officer’s daughter, and she sees it as her opportunity to finally be free. If you ever need a break from the hurried pace of life and the incessant voice telling you to keep going faster and faster, Mitford is a excellent place to visit.

It is 1941 in Berlin and an air raid has just dropped a bomb on the home of Herr and Frau Huber, killing them and their spoilt daughter, Annegrete. Constance Carruthers is sent to Paris as a spy, but loses her contact and falls in with an aristocratic family involved with the Resistance. Wilhelm, the younger of the Huber brothers, was a complex character and my opinion of him swayed back and forth.While you'll likely see the ending coming a mile away--I know I did--it still made for enjoyable reading.

Whilst staying with Reiner's family, Wilhelm's eyes are opened to his brother's complete disrespect for women, including that of his own wife. Live in London now and yes, we do get few smallish moths if we leave the windows open and lights on. An officer of high standing within the SS, Huber and his wife along with their daughter Annegret push their maid aside in an attempt to save themselves without sparing a thought for her. This story of Margarete's journey will give you the shivers, but also break your heart with the evil that men/women do in the name of service to their country, and for prestige, money and esteem.This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. At book’s end the reader finds it is the first of a three part series, satisfying since there are loose ends that need tying up and the creation of a lengthy future enabling more in-depth interaction with an intriguing, if not always likable, cast of characters.