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The Ghosts Of Rome
Joseph O´connor
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Description for The Ghosts Of Rome
Paperback. ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN JANUARY 2025***
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2025
Publisher
Harvill Secker London
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781787303881
SKU
9781787303881
Shipping Time
Will be shipped on or around publication date
Ref
99-193
About Joseph O´connor
Joseph O’Connor’s fiction has been published in forty languages. His twenty books include eleven novels, among them the million-selling Star of the Sea, Ghost Light, Shadowplay and My Father’s House, a Washington Post Book of the Year. His work has been shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award, twice for the Whitbread/Costa and twice for the Walter Scott Prize for ... Read more
Reviews for The Ghosts Of Rome
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 It was hard to turn pages fast enough to keep up with the rapid-fire pace ... Read more
Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND It was hard to turn pages fast enough to keep up with the rapid-fire pace ... Read more