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- ↑ About Jane Thynne Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Conville and Walsh literary agency
- ↑ Joanna Lumley wins Oldie award for Gurkha campaign at BBC News
- ↑ The Oldie of The Year Awards 2011 at The Oldie
- ↑ , a Woman's Hour discussion about Nazi women depicted in new novels by Jane Thynne and Meike Ziervogel
