Foyle's War: the truth that Inspired the Fiction shows how much historical research was conducted prior to the writing of every episode and the crafting of each murder mystery. Illustrated throughout with photos from the series and of real wartime events, people and places that inspired it, this fascinating book provides an intriguing insight into law and order on the home front between 1939 and 1945, offering a wealth of background information on the living and working conditions for ordinary people during that time, on the role of the police in wartime and the crimes on which the plotlines of Foyle's War are based.