by Joseph O'Connor · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529919646
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«My Father's House» is the historical thriller by Joseph O'Connor, published in hardcover by Penguin Random House in 2024 (416 pages, in English).
In September 1943, with Rome occupied by the Nazis, Irish priest Hugh O'Flaherty takes refuge in the Vatican and organizes an escape network for those fleeing the Germans. When SS officer Paul Hauptmann tightens the net, the group prepares a desperate mission. Based on real events, it is a story of resistance.
First installment of Joseph O'Connor's Rome Escape Line trilogy and finalist for the Walter Scott Prize 2024.
For readers of historical fiction and thrillers set in World War II, also suitable for book clubs.
Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper and Esquire. He is a regular contributor to RTÉ and a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána.
