The Ghosts Of Rome
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:30th Jan '25
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£9.99(9781529967029)
'Thrilling, terrifying and entertaining in equal measure' Liz Nugent, Number One Bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond
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.
'As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this year or any year' Donal Ryan, Sunday Times
'Vivid and moving' Guardian
‘A stellar piece of storytelling’ Daily Mail
'Not just a wartime thriller, but a meditation on how we remember, how we resist and how, even in the darkest times, humanity endures' New York Times
'Excellent...rings so emotionally true and clear... The writing has the energy and tension of a thriller, yet the language is rich, visual and beautiful' Sunday Independent
A superb testament to humankind’s bravery and resilience...moving and immersive * Guardian, Books of the Year *
Tremendous and terrifying -- Fintan O'Toole * Irish Times Books of the Year *
The tension doesn’t slack an inch… It is haunting, sensuous and immaculately constructed — without sacrificing any thrills * Sunday Times, *Summer Reads of 2025* *
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 *
Blazes with imaginative flair and narrative energy... packed with sensuously evoked reminders of Rome's rich past...haunted and haunting * Sunday Times *
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
[A] vivid and moving story, with O’Connor seamlessly combining real characters with imagined ones * Guardian *
As thrilling, beautiful and sensational a novel as you'll read this or any year -- Donal Ryan * Sunday Times *
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
A stellar piece of storytelling. O'Connor brilliantly captures the sense of the city and its inhabitants in peril * Daily Mail *
ISBN: 9781787303874
Dimensions: 242mm x 165mm x 35mm
Weight: 598g
384 pages