Reading order · 2 books · 2022 to 2025 · Set in Rome
Rome Escape Line Books in Order
The Rome Escape Line novels follow Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish priest who ran a secret network to hide escaped prisoners and Jews in occupied Rome.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2022 to 2025
- First book
- My Father’s House
- Latest
- The Ghosts of Rome (2025)
- Setting
- Set in Rome
The reading order
Every Rome Escape Line book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Rome
- 1My Father’s House2022With Hugh O’FlahertyIn occupied Rome at Christmas 1943, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty and his secret choir plan a daring escape under the noses of the Gestapo.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Ghosts of Rome2025With Hugh O’FlahertyIn February 1944, in occupied Rome, Contessa Giovanna Landini smuggles Allied soldiers to safety for the escape line known as the Choir, under the nose of Gestapo chief Paul Hauptmann.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read My Father’s House, then The Ghosts of Rome.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Hugh O’Flaherty |
|---|---|
| 1 My Father’s House | LLead |
| 2 The Ghosts of Rome | LLead |
Characters in the Rome Escape Line books
1 character from Joseph O’Connor’s chart, with the number of Rome Escape Line books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh O’FlahertyIrish priest in the Vatican | 2 | My Father’s House 2022 |