Audiobook8 hours
The Creator's Map
Written by Emilio Calderon
Narrated by Tony Chiroldes
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
()
About this audiobook
As Fascism rises and falls, a Spanish architect, a young librarian, and an Italian prince are entangled in a web of passion and espionage.
Rome, 1952. Like all of Europe, Spanish architect Jose Maria struggles to recover from the chaos of the past fifteen years. Then one day he learns about the mysterious death by decapitation of an old acquaintance. Memories rush back-and the story moves back in time to 1937.
Fascism is on the rise. Jose and his wife Montse wait out the Spanish Civil War at the Spanish Academy in Rome. When they sell an ancient text found in the Academy's forgotten archive, they become embroiled in a Nazi plot to collect mystical artifacts for the practice of the black arts. Most coveted by the Führer himself: The Creator's Map, a document showing the power centers of the universe, said to be traced by God's own hand.
Enter a sinister Italian prince with dark plans of his own and the stage is set for a tale of political intrigue, romantic entanglements, deceit, and divided loyalties, rich with historical detail and 1940s noir suspense.
Rome, 1952. Like all of Europe, Spanish architect Jose Maria struggles to recover from the chaos of the past fifteen years. Then one day he learns about the mysterious death by decapitation of an old acquaintance. Memories rush back-and the story moves back in time to 1937.
Fascism is on the rise. Jose and his wife Montse wait out the Spanish Civil War at the Spanish Academy in Rome. When they sell an ancient text found in the Academy's forgotten archive, they become embroiled in a Nazi plot to collect mystical artifacts for the practice of the black arts. Most coveted by the Führer himself: The Creator's Map, a document showing the power centers of the universe, said to be traced by God's own hand.
Enter a sinister Italian prince with dark plans of his own and the stage is set for a tale of political intrigue, romantic entanglements, deceit, and divided loyalties, rich with historical detail and 1940s noir suspense.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHighbridge Company
TranslatorKatherine Silver
Release dateJul 17, 2008
ISBN9781598876512
Related to The Creator's Map
Related audiobooks
The Charterhouse of Parma Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Adventures of Gerard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Impersonation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Adventure: A true story about time travel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Men: Fiskardo's War, Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man in the Red Coat Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spain: The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Asylum of Dr. Caligari Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unruly Desires: American Sailors and Homosexualities in the Age of Sail Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thomas Mann: New Selected Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrowth of the Soil Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homelands: A Personal History of Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCamille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winter: A Bernard Samson Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Smyrna, September 1922: The American Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century's First Genocide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance (Scholastic Focus) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Saving Italy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Boy Soldiers: How My Father's Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die for Germany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnd the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Thrillers For You
The Silent Patient Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfect: A Thriller That Will Grab You By Your DNA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inmate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guest List: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Never Lie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Perfect Marriage: a completely gripping psychological suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rose Code: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Local Woman Missing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dead Zone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Teacher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The It Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Turn of the Key Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Pictures: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Housemaid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fool Me Once Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Creator's Map
Rating: 2.935483980645161 out of 5 stars
3/5
31 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A lot of research went into this book! There's a great sense of of the WWII setting in Rome b/c of this and the writing style is mature as well. What I didn't like is that the plot overreaches and some twists are really important and others are just distracting. It isn't until the end that I realized what questions the reader should really be asking, What are Monse's real intentions? What is Prince Junio's real identity? Not, What really is the Creator's Map? Anyhow, I can't say I didn't learn something!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This started out a little slow, but it quickly picked up momentum about a quarter of the way through. A politically apathetic Spanish student living in Rome falls in love, finds himself inadvertently and unwillingly involved in spy networks around the late 1930s when Hitler starts to gain momentum in Europe.The fictitious Creator's Map, supposedly written by God himself, identifying the location of a central source of power seemed rather incidental to the story. As were the side references to other 'holy' relics sought by the Nazis.What drew me was the very clever twists in the plot and the nervous tension with which the author managed to grip the reader in. There were good historical references of the SS activities and atrocities in Italy and the part Mussolini played in the downfall of the country. The final chapter was a surprise and threw out all the assumptions I had made about the characters and situation at the start of the book.A most enjoyable read.