Pan Macmillan Paperback English
The Burning Chambers
A Thrilling Epic of Love and Conspiracy from the No. 1 Bestselling Author
By Kate Mosse
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<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times </i>No. 1 Bestseller<br><br>‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of </b><b><i>Circe</i></b><br><br><b>Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s historical epic <i>The Burning Chambers</i> is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first volume in the sweeping, spellbinding series, The Joubert Family Chronicles.</b><br><br><b>Carcassonne, 1562.</b> Nineteen-year-old Catholic 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.<br><br>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 . . .<br><br><b>A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, <i>The Burning Chambers </i>is the first novel in Kate Mosse's enthralling, meticulously researched historical series. It is followed by <i>The City of Tears</i>.</b><br><br>'A tour de force' – <i>The Observer</i><br><br>'Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric' – <i>The Mail on Sunday</i> <br><br><b>Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:</b><br><br>'Historical fiction to devour' – Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of <i>Close to Death</i>, on <i>The Burning Chambers</i><br><br>'An utterly absorbing epic' – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of <i>The Paris Apartment</i>, on <i>The City of Tears</i><br><br>'Meticulously researched and stunningly written' – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of <i>Wait for Me</i>, on <i>The Ghost Ship</i></p>
<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times </i>No. 1 Bestseller<br><br>‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of </b><b><i>Circe</i></b><br><br><b>Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s historical epic <i>The Burning Chambers</i> is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first volume in the sweeping, spellbinding series, The Joubert Family Chronicles.</b><br><br><b>Carcassonne, 1562.</b> Nineteen-year-old Catholic 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.<br><br>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 . . .<br><br><b>A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, <i>The Burning Chambers </i>is the first novel in Kate Mosse's enthralling, meticulously researched historical series. It is followed by <i>The City of Tears</i>.</b><br><br>'A tour de force' – <i>The Observer</i><br><br>'Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric' – <i>The Mail on Sunday</i> <br><br><b>Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:</b><br><br>'Historical fiction to devour' – Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of <i>Close to Death</i>, on <i>The Burning Chambers</i><br><br>'An utterly absorbing epic' – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of <i>The Paris Apartment</i>, on <i>The City of Tears</i><br><br>'Meticulously researched and stunningly written' – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of <i>Wait for Me</i>, on <i>The Ghost Ship</i></p>