Tag: WWII fiction

• “My Father’s House” by Joseph O’Connor

  

  In his latest book “My Father’s House,” Joseph O’Connor creates a protagonist based on a real man, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a priest in the Vatican. It’s 1943, and the Nazis control Rome, putting a circle around the Vatican, which announced its neutrality. However, one can’t remain neutral in the face of evil, which Hugh O’Flaherty…

  Hanna

  January 30, 2023

• “Night Flight to Paris” by Cara Black

  

  Never assume. Trust no one. Concentrate. Adapt. These are rules that Kate Rees, a young American woman, who, motivated by her hatred of German Nazis, serves as a sniper for the British, follows in her missions. However, the assignments she has been entrusted with are not what they seem, and rules don’t always apply. She…

  Hanna

  January 17, 2023