Hide & Seek: The Irish Priest in the Vatican who Defied the Nazi Command : a Dramatic True Story of Rivalry and Survival During WWII

Stephen Walker

Collins, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 342 pages

A true story of war, peace and friendship: a Nazi colonel and an Irish priest The story begins in Rome at the outbreak of WWII, when ardent Nazi Herbert Kappler, SS Obersturmbanfuhrer, and Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty would become adversaries in a real-life game of 'cat and mouse' of epic proportions. Hide and Seek chronicles the intimate and intensely personal war between them. A fiercely fought rivalry that would culminate in failed attempts by Kappler to kidnap and then murder his Irish opponent.

About the author

Stephen Walker is an award-winning BBC journalist. Born in England and educated in Northern Ireland, he has worked for BBC Northern Ireland for 20 years as a television and radio reporter, a documentary maker and a lobby correspondent at Westminster. He has made numerous current affairs and historical documentaries. Stephenâe(tm)s journalism has been honoured by the Royal Television Society and the Association of European Journalists. In 2005 he was named the Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year. His first book, Forgotten Soldiers: The Irishmen Shot at Dawn was shortlisted for the 2007 Irish Non Fiction Book of the Year. He lives in County Down with his wife and family.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hide & Seek: The Irish Priest in the Vatican who Defied the Nazi Command : a Dramatic True Story of Rivalry and Survival During WWII; [Irish Times bestseller]
• Author: Stephen Walker
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Collins, 2011
• ISBN: 0007320272, 9780007320271
• Length: 342 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; History / Europe / Germany; History / Europe / Italy; History / General; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General; Religion / General