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2 months ago | 
uk.bookshop.org | Promoting Books |Joseph O'Connor
'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally DiamondFebruary 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Joseph O'Connor
One of the earliest European printed books was a tourist guide to Rome. Ranging from information on ancient ruins, fallen temples and classical bathhouses to the place where an emperor “saw a vision in the sky”, Mirabilia Urbis Romae (Marvels of the City of Rome) was written in Latin in the early 12th century. The popular text was reproduced in dozens of manuscripts and was printed and published in the mid-1470s, a mere two decades after the Gutenberg Bible.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ece Temelkuran |Joseph O'Connor |Andrey Kurkov
Ece Temelkuran: ‘Some, who you assume to be your people, will normalise Trump’Dear American friend,By the time my letter reaches you, you’ll have heard all the clever ways of saying, “We are fucked!” Thousands of soundbites will have told you, “Get up and fight.” Others will have shared tips on mourning and healing. The strange thing is that even though you’ll be in the same dark circus of emotions, everything you hear from your political side will add to your anger.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Joseph O'Connor |Tom Chivers |David Macaulay |Venki Ramakrishnan
HISTORICAL FICTION âItâs certainly a thriller. Itâs tense, tense, tense. But the big thing in this novel is not just the tension, itâs the voices.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Andrew Roberts |Joseph O'Connor |Hernan Diaz |Hernán Cortés Díaz |Theodore Zeldin
Napoleon: A Life 🎯 A bestselling book on Five Books in 2024Interest in Napoleon Buonaparte, the Corsican soldier who became emperor of France, is perennial on Five Books, with most buyers gravitating towards Napoleon: A Life by British historian Andrew Roberts. 2023 has seen an even bigger bump than usual.
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May 10, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Tom Crewe |Kevin Jared Hosein |Joseph O'Connor |Kai Thomas
recommended by Katharine Grant WINNER OF THE 2024 Walter Scott Prize for historical ficiton Hungry Ghosts: A Novel by Kevin Jared Hosein The judges of the Walter Scott Prize aim to highlight the very best new historical novels, and in 2024 they have settled on a varied shortlist featuring a Trinidadian tragedy, a Vatican-based thriller, and a charming coming-of-age tale from 1960s Middle England. We spoke to Katharine Grant, chair of the judging panel, to find out more. WINNER OF THE 2024...
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May 10, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Joseph O'Connor
Recommendations from our site “It’s certainly a thriller. It’s tense, tense, tense. But the big thing in this novel is not just the tension, it’s the voices. Joseph O’Connor gives a masterclass in the different voices of the people gathered around the priest Hugh O’Flaherty to help him organise and run the Escape Line—the escape routes out of Italy for POWs and others being pursued by the Nazis.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Joseph O'Connor
From best-selling author Joseph O’Connor comes a gripping and atmospheric World War II literary thriller set in occupied Rome. A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF 2023 Inspired by the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who, together with his accomplices, risked his life to smuggle thousands out of occupied Rome right under the nose of his Nazi nemesis, My Father’s House is a “potent blend of excitement, suspense and intrigue” (The Washington Post).
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
readingmattersblog.com | Joseph O'Connor
Fiction – Kindle edition; Vintage; 482 pages; 2011. I couldn’t have picked a more appropriately seasonal book to entertain me over the Christmas break than Inishowen, an early career novel by Irish writer Joseph O’Connor. Set between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve 1994, this hugely immersive story is about a dysfunctional American family from Manhattan and a recently divorced Irish policeman working in Dublin whose worlds collide unexpectedly.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
breakingnews.ie | Joseph O'Connor
A 49-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to the murder of her two children, aged two and five, amid emotional scenes at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday. Thelma Dennany (5) and her little brother Mikey Dennany (2) died after their mother Lynn Eager set fire to the car in which they were sitting. The court heard that Thelma was so badly burned that people at the scene were not even aware she was in the back seat. Her little brother, who she adored, was pulled from the car but could not be saved.
