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MY FATHERS HOUSE - JOSEPH OCONNOR KARTONIERT (TB)

**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER**
When the Nazis take Rome  thousands go into hiding. One priest will risk everything to save
them. September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror.
An Irish priest  Hugh O'Flaherty  dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis.
His home is Vatican City  a neutral  independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold
no sway. He gathers a team to set up an Escape Line. But Hauptmann's net begins closing in and
the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas  it's too late to
turn back. Based on a true story  My Father's House is a powerful thriller from a master of
historical fiction. It is an unforgettable novel of love  sacrifice and what it means to be
human in the most extreme circumstances. 'A spectacular  thrilling novel...suspense
crackles...celebrates triumphant against-the-odds camaraderie' Sunday Times 'A masterwork... so
urgent  so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite
importance' Donal Ryan 'Impressive and pleasurable...the diverse ventriloquism of O'Connor's
novel evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality' Financial TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN
LITERARY AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*The second book in
the Rome Escape Line Trilogy  THE GHOSTS OF ROME  is available to pre-order now.*

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