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• My Father's House by Joseph O’Connor
  In this gripping novel, Joseph O’Connor weaves a tale inspired by the true story of Hugh O’Flaherty, a Catholic priest who defied the Nazis in Rome during World War II. Set in 1943, the novel introduc...
  Type: Web Page Date: 05/09/2024
  
  
• A Scandalous Tale of Love and Betrayal Local History Talk at Dromore Library
  Dromore Library is delighted to host an engaging and dramatic local history talk by acclaimed speaker Trevor Martin on Tuesday 3 December from 6:30pm until 7:30pm. Titled The Earl and the Gardener's ...
  Type: Web Page Date: 02/12/2024
  
  
• The Fortune Men
  I really enjoyed this fiction book based on a true story of a Somalian man Mahmood Mattan who lived in Tiger Bay, Cardiff in the 1950’s. He is a bit of a chancer and rascal who gets in trouble with th...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Volunteer
  This is the true story of Witold Pilecki, which remained lost for many years after the conclusion of WWII. In an act of near-incomprehensible bravery, he volunteered to investigate Nazi crimes in Ausc...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Librarian of Auschwitz (1)
  I finished The Librarian of Auschwitz and it created loads of debate in the online book club I've been part of for 6 or 7 years (I put my reviews on there of everything I read). Lots of debate around ...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• As The Women Lay Dreaming
  In the small hours of January 1st, 1919, the cruellest twist of fate changed at a stroke the lives of an entire community. Tormod Morrison was there that terrible night. He was on board HMY Iolaire wh...
  Type: Web Page Date: 24/04/2023
  
  
• The Giver of Stars (3)
  The Giver of Stars is set in Depression-era America, a breath-taking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.Based on a true story r...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Librarian of Auschwitz
  Although classed as fiction, The Librarian of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Dita Kraus (nee Polanchova). It was written by Antonio Iturbe, after extensive interviews with this Auschwitz- Bir...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• The Dark Side - Superstition, Myths and Witch hunts
  A while ago my Reading Group read The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. I was surprised at how much the group liked it as it is a very dark tale based in a remote Norwegian island called Vardo in th...
  Type: Web Page Date: 09/04/2025
  
  
• Like Historical Fiction You’ll love this one
  Audio version This is the first Joseph O’Connor book that I have read – I remember when The Star of the Sea came out a few years ago I was put off by the many pages and the bleak subject of the novel...
  Type: Web Page Date: 09/04/2025