The Ghosts Of Rome
  • Published: 4 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787303881
  • Imprint: Harvill Secker
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.99

The Ghosts Of Rome

  • Joseph O'Connor
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4 Feb 2025
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The Contessa Giovanna Landini takes on Gestapo chief Paul Hauptmann in a daring mission in Occupied Rome

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.
  • Published: 4 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781787303881
  • Imprint: Harvill Secker
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $34.99
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Praise for The Ghosts Of Rome

Breathtakingly good writing - O'Connor puts you right there, centre stage in the story and never lets you go

Peter James, on My Father's House

O'Connor is on stellar form with this ensemble thriller...an expert storyteller

Daily Mail, on My Father's House

A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance

Donal Ryan, on My Father's House

A masterwork... so urgent, so incredibly alive... A searing and beautiful example of storytelling's infinite importance

Donal Ryan, on My Father's House

Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality

Financial Times, on My Father's House

Impressive and pleasurable...evokes a city in peril with wonderful vitality

Financial Times, on My Father's House

A literary thriller of the highest order...his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming

Observer, on My Father's House

A literary thriller of the highest order...his razor-sharp dialogue is to be savoured, and he employs dark humour to great effect. The plot twists keep on coming

Observer, on My Father's House
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