The Lost Catacomb’s multiple timeline moves seamlessly across the centuries, from the early Roman Empire to the present and to World War II, where it weaves together three interfaith love stories against the backdrop of the Holocaust in Italy. Fearlessly exploring evidence of the role of the Catholic Church in the deportation of the Jews of Rome and the Vatican Ratlines that assisted Nazis in fleeing from justice, the novel also speculates about the possible location of stolen Jewish artwork and religious artifacts. Against the panorama of these larger themes, the heroine’s search for her elusive family roots in Rome becomes a metaphor for what brought her to Italy — namely an invitation from the Vatican to uncover the secrets of a lost catacomb of enigmatic provenance.
Fiction
The Lost Catacomb
- From the Publisher
May 22, 2014
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