Kate Mosse

The Burning Chambers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's number one bestselling novel The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war, adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties.

Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE.

But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou's help if he is to get out of La Cité alive . . .

A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, The Burning Chambers is a historical novel of excitement, conspiracy and danger like no other . . .

'A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination' - Daily Telegraph

'Impressively bold and ambitious' - Daily Mail

Produktdetails

• The Joubert Family Chronicles 1
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Pan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 93920
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781529074406
• ISBN-10: 1529074401
• Artikelnr.: 62666883

Autorenporträt

Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist and non-fiction writer, the author of eight novels and short story collections, including the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy, The Burning Chambers Series and number one bestselling Gothic fiction The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and published in more than forty countries. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, she is the Founder of the global Woman In History campaign.

Rezensionen

Mosse's fans will relish this tale of secrets, love and treachery The Times