EAN: 9781787300835

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**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4** 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 Times

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