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Sligo 1832. The cholera epidemic sweeps across Ireland like a secret, bringing with it a family of four hundred year old Vampires

Its 1943 and young Leo tries to protect his disabled sister Ruby as the Nazis invade Italy. After his mother is arrested he turns to Monsignor Hugh OFlaherty to save him. But he is not ordinary priest. Known as The Pimpernel of the Vatican the Monsignor is the legendary organiser of the Rome Escape Line. Soon Leo is helping out with this secret network dedicated to saving the lives of escaped prisoners-of-war partisans and Jews. But as sinister Nazi leader Kappler closes in on the network can Leo and his sister stay out of his evil clutches?