Ethel Rosenberg by Anna Sebba

Narrator - Orlagh Cassidy

Genre - Biography

Rating - 4 out of 5 stars

Narration - 5 out of 5 stars


This book takes a deep dive into the life and death of Ethel Rosenberg. It starts with her childhood and takes it all the way until her death. It was a different version of the story than I have ever heard.


Ethel was a devoted mother and loving wife. While the book does not say exactly what the writer thought about whether or not she was guilty or not guilty. It gives a good look about both sides of the story. We will probably never know which was the truth. 


The thing that I could not believe is that it was her own brother and sister-in-law that ultimately brought her down. The brother has since done several interviews and has a biography of his own. To learn whether or not he was telling the truth is revealed in this book but I won’t tell what it is as I do not like to many spoilers


I absolutely loved it. It shows what life was like for the Rosenberg’s. It was very well written although a bit slow in places. I think all biographies have slow places in them. Things that you really didn’t need to know about but they put them in anyway.


The narration was great. The narrator kept you wanting to listen even though it might be a dry subject. I was approved to list to this book on NetGalley on May 27th and am now writing the review on the 28th. It is a 10+ hour book but like I said the narrator kept me so interested I couldn’t stop listening.


The great thing about this book was that it went on to tell about what happened to her children than on to future generations. It also told about what happened with other key players in the story.


This audiobook will be released on June 7 2021! I highly recommend it for lovers of history. Especially those who like things about the Cold War and World War 2.

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