# My Father's House

**When the Nazis take Rome, thousands go into hiding. One priest will risk everything to save them.**  
  
September 1943- Nazi forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping people escape. In his home in the Vatican - a neutral, independent country inside Rome - 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.  
  
**\*THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER\***  
  
**'Breathtakingly good writing - O'Connor puts you right there, centre stage in the story and never lets you go' Peter James  
  
'O'Connor is on stellar form with this ensemble thriller...an expert storyteller' _Daily Mail_  
  
'A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance' Donal Ryan  
  
'Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality' _Financial Times_  
'A literary thriller of the highest order...his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming' _Observer_  
  
\*THE GHOSTS OF ROME, the next gripping book in Joseph O'Connor's THE ESCAPE LINE TRILOGY, is available to pre-order now! Out January 2025.\***  
  
_LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024_  
  
_SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024_

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- **Vendor:** Penguin Random House
- **Type:** Joseph O'Connor

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