My Father's House: The Rome Escape Line Trilogy by Joseph O'Connor

Publication date: January 31, 2023

Edelweiss 

Vintage Digital

The Rome Escape Line Trilogy, book 1

Based on true story, fiction, historical, WWII

440 pages

10/25-10/28

4/5

Based on a true story, My Father's House is inspired by the extraordinary life of Monsignor Hugh O' Flaherty, who risked his life to smuggle Jews and escaped Allied prisoners out of Italy in 1943 during the WWII. He was a brave and unconventional man who devised clever schemes with the help of some unlikely people to keep people safe and under the radar of the Nazis. It's an amazing story of courage and bravery during the war where the Rome Escape Line was used to move people through the Vatican to safety even under the watchful eyes of the Germans. He organized "choir" practice where the song and music were used to mask the sounds of their plans and to confuse the Nazi soldiers who were likely eavesdropping. This is the first book of a trilogy.

I received a complimentary advanced reader's copy of this book from Edelweiss and Vintage Digital. My review is voluntary and all opinions are expressly my own.

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