You really ARE the queen of historical fiction. That was breathtaking!
It's these little tidbits that I love so much, that makes your work so rich.Frankie they also showed a man raised in poverty, in dirt and fight and blood, desperate to present a veneer of class and success, success worthy of respect and admiration.
And I, too didn't know it was Josef until the end. Brava!
<waves to Fleur; I lived in Chicago--around the corner from where Dillinger was shot--for seven years and have such fond memories . . .>