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The dead don t bother me none It s the living you got to be scaredThis is one of many great quotes that I ve loved in this book Joseph O Connor in his beautiful style brings us again to occupied Europe where people fight with Nazis and are constantly looking for new ways to help and protect innocent people amongst them. The Ghosts of Rome book The ghosts of Rome is second in the trilogy and as it s precursor it s amazingly well written History and fiction are blending seamlessly but what stood out to me most was how much time the author must have spent on research In this book I feel we have an amazing insight on how impressive women were during those years Thankfully the enemy underestimated them Massive thanks to NetGalley for the early copy although I m afraid that no words will ever be beautiful enough to give this book a justice It s a treasure that has to be devoured slowly TheGhostsOfRome NetGalley book books reading read bookreview bookrecommendations review historicalfiction irishbookstagram irishauthor BOOK BLURB February 1944 Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Literature Fiction The Ghosts of rome pdf 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. The Ghosts of romejin 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. The ghosts of rathburn park 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 OConnor 4 The Ghosts of Rome Rome Escape Line 2 by Joseph Connor The 2nd book in this superb trilogy with a fictional telling of those who hunkered in the Vatican supported allied soldiers and airmen to shelter and escape Rome in the latter years of WWII as the allies made their way North. The Ghosts of Rome Literature fiction books In the preceding book My Father s House we met Fr Hugh O Flaherty a Catholic priest who had found his calling in The Choir a group who assembled by happenchance to create an escape line In The Ghost s of Rome the focus shifts to the rest of the group and in particular Countess Jo Landini who has had to flee the palace which was the ancestral home of her late husband The Choir continue their work despite the ever closing net of the Nazis led by Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann When a Polish airman is shot down saving his life becomes one of the trickiest missions the group will undertake. Nonfiction The Ghosts of rome book This is a superb book entwining true characters with fictionalised missions and back stories It was very special to be back with this group of characters as they become increasingly daring in a bid to thwart Hauptmann who is himself under great pressure from Berlin The plot zips along and there were half a dozen times I was entranced and had to keep reading to see if they could get themselves out of danger It would work well as a standalone not least because we are introduced to each character in turn but reading My Father s House will give the reader depth and understanding of what has gone before. The Ghosts of Rome epub file Thanks to Random House Harvill Secker and Netgalley for an ARC Joseph OConnor This is the long anticipated and wonderful sequel to my Father s House and continues the saga of the Escape Line and the Choir as they continue to arrange the escape of allied soldiers and airmen in occupied Rome under the noses of the Nazis and their increasingly frustrated and pressurised Gestapo commander Paul Hauptmann. The Ghosts of Rome ebook pdf The tension builds as the Germans close in on the myriad hiding places throughout the city and the members the choir pull in different directions under the intolerable pressure they face. The Ghosts of Rome Literature fiction books This is a book to savour and you will shed tears at the end too Joseph OConnor

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February 1944 Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome Inside the beleaguered city the Contessa Giovana 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 The Ghosts of Rome Rome Escape Line 2 There is than one author with this nameJoseph O Connor was born in Dublin He is the author of the novels site_link Cowboys and Indians short listed for the Whitbread Prize site_link Desperadoes site_link The Salesman site_link Inishowen site_link Star of the Sea and site_link Redemption Falls as well as a number of bestselling works of non fiction. Book The Ghosts of romeo He was recently voted Irish Writer of the Decade by the readers of Hot Press magazine He broadcasts a popular weekly radio diary on RTE s Drivetime With Mary Wilson and writes regularly for The Guardian Review and The Sunday Independent In 2009 he was the Harman Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Baruch College the City University of New York There is than one author with this nameJoseph O Connor was born in Dublin He is the author of the novels site_link Cowboys and Indians short listed for the Whitbread Prize site_link Desperadoes site_link The Salesman site_link Inishowen site_link Star of the Sea and site_link Redemption Falls as well as a number of bestselling works of non fiction. Book The Ghosts of rome by john He was recently voted Irish Writer of the Decade by the readers of Hot Press magazine He broadcasts a popular weekly radio diary on RTE s Drivetime With Mary Wilson and writes regularly for The Guardian Review and The Sunday Independent In 2009 he was the Harman Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at Baruch College the City University of New York site_link .

, Nonfiction The Ghosts of rome book The writing is lyrical the characters intelligently and beautifully drawn and Rome itself and the Vatican are indelibly described