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The Vatican Pimpernel

The Vatican Pimpernel

The Vatican Pimpernel

by Brian Fleming

Imprint: Collins Books

5 x 7.8 in

Paperback
9781848892095
February 2014
Temporarily out of stock. Ships in 8-12 weeks.

$13.48

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During the German occupation of Rome from 1942 to 1944, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ran an escape organization for Allied POWs and civilians, including Jews. Safe within the Vatican state, he regularly ventured out in disguise to continue his mission, which earned him the nickname 'the Pimpernel of the Vatican'. Kappler, the Gestapo chief in Rome, ordered him captured or killed. When the Allies entered Rome, Monsignor O'Flaherty and his colleagues had saved over 6,500 lives.

Brian Fleming, a former member of the Oireachtas, was a teacher for many years and was Principal of Collinstown Park Community College in Dublin prior to retiring.

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