Warburg in Rome, James Carroll
Warburg in Rome, James Carroll
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Warburg in Rome

Author: James Carroll

Narrator: David Doersch

Unabridged: 12 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/29/2014

Synopsis

David Warburg, newly minted director of the U.S. War Refugee Board, arrives in Rome at war's end, determined to bring aid to the destitute European Jews streaming into the city. Marguerite d'Erasmo, a French-Italian Red Cross worker with a shadowed past, is initially Warburg's guide to a complicated Rome; while a charismatic young American Catholic priest, Monsignor Kevin Deane, seems equally committed to aiding Italian Jews. Soon, Warburg discovers one of history's great scandals - the Vatican ratline, a clandestine escape route maintained by Church officials and providing scores of Nazi war criminals with secret passage to Argentina. Warburg's disillusionment is complete when, turning to American intelligence officials, he learns that the dark secret is not so secret, and that even those he trusts may betray him.

About James Carroll

James Carroll was raised in Washington, D.C., and ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1969. He served as a chaplain at Boston University from 1969 to 1974, then left the priesthood to become a writer. A distinguished scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University, he is a columnist for the Boston Globe and a regular contributor to the Daily Beast. A bestselling author, his many publications include Crusade, House of War, Secret Father, and An American Requiem, which won the National Book Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on July 29, 2014

As a person who has enjoyed James Carroll’s work over the years whether he was presenting his history of the Church and Jews in CONSTANTINE’S SWORD; the difficulties of a father and son relationship during the Vietnam War in AN AMERICAN REQUIEM; or an exploration of the Pentagon and the expansion of......more

Goodreads review by Italo on May 29, 2014

Warburg in Rome is a historical novel that presents a litany of evil, shame and suffering: the evil of sadism fueled by greed, hatred and lust; the shame of those who could have acted against the evil sooner and more forcefully; and the suffering of pretty much everyone. If you are looking for a che......more

Goodreads review by Roger on June 10, 2016

Vatican Thrills and Spills My title is admittedly facetious. James Carroll writes a pretty good thriller, in the vein of Frederick Forsyth, Robert Ludlum, or Dan Brown. But I question the propriety, or indeed the literary viability, of writing this kind of book around such a subject. The setting, of......more

Goodreads review by Scott on June 14, 2014

The years may tick by, but the Holocaust refuses to be ignored. If you read ancient histories, it's not uncommon to read about the Romans, the Persians, or some other victorious army putting an entire population to the sword. But the Holocaust is still in our living memory, and it was not merely the......more

Goodreads review by Amy on December 06, 2014

The events of World War II are fascinating, but equally enthralling are the events that occurred just after the war ended. James Carroll investigates some of these matters in his latest novel, Warburg in Rome. David Warburg is appointed Director of the U.S. War Refugee Board, and dispatched to Rome......more

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