Finding Anna
For more than a year, I followed the lives of the Swiss Anabaptist exiles through passenger lists, historical records and five well-thumbed blue books. I knew there was a story hidden among all those names. I just had to find my way into it.
The Empty Suitcase
Five blue books have sat beside my desk for more than thirteen years. Filled with notes, bookmarks and scribbled cross-references, they hold thousands of names and stories from another time.
This is the story of how they came into my life, beginning with an empty suitcase and a journey to the Netherlands.