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Jan 27, 2023 · Joseph O’Connor’s novel is based on the true story of a group in Vatican City whose daring exploits during World War II saved lives and changed outcomes. Review by Malcolm Forbes. January 27 ...
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Jan 26, 2023 · 6,067 ratings760 reviews. From the best-selling author of Star of the Sea, a WWII-era “great escape” novel set in the Vatican. September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war’s outcome is far from certain.
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Mar 10, 2023 · Joseph O’Connor’s new novel, My Father’s House, is two things: a twisty thriller whose outcome is hard to guess; and an exquisitely rendered piece of literature from a masterful writer.
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Jan 31, 2023 · A priest in Vatican City leads a perilous rescue effort surrounded by Rome’s Nazi occupiers. In 1943 and 1944, Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann terrorizes a starving Rome. But he is forbidden to enter Vatican City, at one-fifth of a square mile, the tiniest country in the world.
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Mar 14, 2023 · My father's house by Joseph O'Connor is a strong and atmospheric work of historical fiction that is loosely based on the true story of Hugh O’Flaherty, at the centre of a clandestine operation to smuggle Jews and escaped allied prisoners out of Nazi occupied Rome.
My Father’s House is inspired by the extraordinary true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who, together with his accomplices, risked his life to smuggle Jews and escaped Allied prisoners out of Italy right under the nose of his Nazi nemesis.
Jan 21, 2023 · Review. My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor review: the Irish priest who stood up to the Nazis. This novel spins a gripping yarn from the true story of Hugh O’Flaherty, who helped...
