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User Review - Stsmurphy - LibraryThingAnother fantastic WWII book about how a Catholic church helped hide and save thousands of Jewish people, Allied POW's and others from the Nazis, The Scarlet and the Black is a tale full of riveting ... Read full review
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User Review - 2wonderY - LibraryThingAn excellent recounting of resistance work during Nazi occupation of Rome. Centers around a marvelous character - Hugh O'Flaherty, fearless and audacious. Fleshes out some of the subsidiary roles merely noted in the Gregory Peck film based on the book. Better than fiction! Read full review
Contents
Authors Preface | 9 |
Gods Traveller | 23 |
The Council of Three | 32 |
Copyright | |
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