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The Ghosts Of Rome
Rome Escape Line (Related to this series)
- Author
- Joseph O'Connor
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.
Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.
During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.
Meanwhile, Hauptmann’s attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him – one where the consequences could be lethal.
© Joseph O'Connor 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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A superb testament to humankind’s bravery and resilience...moving and immersive
Guardian, Books of the Year
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Tremendous and terrifying
Irish Times Books of the Year
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The tension doesn’t slack an inch… It is haunting, sensuous and immaculately constructed — without sacrificing any thrills
Sunday Times, *Summer Reads of 2025*
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The Ghosts of Rome is both a tribute to the imagination and courage of his remarkable team [of The Escape Line] and a riveting thriller
Times Literary Supplement
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Blazes with imaginative flair and narrative energy... packed with sensuously evoked reminders of Rome's rich past...haunted and haunting
Sunday Times
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There is no finer writer of historical fiction than Joseph O’Connor. . . Beautifully written, warm and witty, this story of a terrorised city is a must-read. Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure.
Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND
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[A] vivid and moving story, with O’Connor seamlessly combining real characters with imagined ones
Guardian
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As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this or any year
Sunday Times
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Digs ever deeper into the lives of the everyday heroes of a war-ravaged city, unearthing stories of remarkable courage and ingenuity that glitter from the pages of this tense, polyphonic narrative
Sarah Gilmartin
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A stellar piece of storytelling. O'Connor brilliantly captures the sense of the city and its inhabitants in peril
Daily Mail
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
A superb narration to a sequel to the excellent My Father’s House. This book has the same heroic, if flawed, characters plus a few new ones, their exploits beautifully rendered. Highly recommended.
debbyk 2025-02-19
Details
- Author
- Joseph O'Connor
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 11 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529955033
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all under the nose of Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann.During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets. Is he an ally or an imposter? His fate will come to put the whole Escape Line at risk.Meanwhile, Hauptmann’s attention has landed on the Contessa. As his fascination grows, she is pulled into a dangerous game with him – one where the consequences could be lethal.© Joseph O'Connor 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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