SINCE THE success of his 2002 bestseller, Star of the Sea, Joseph O’Connor has settled into writing historical fiction about real Irish people, including JM Synge and Bram Stoker. His latest novel, set during Germany’s occupation of Italy in 1943, is based on the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, Irish envoy to the Vatican,… Read more »
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