The City of Tears

Review Mosse's narrative lyricism, beautifully drawn female characters and deft journey from the past to the present day are a cut above, Scotland on Sunday Mosse is a master storyteller -- Madeline Miller, author of Circe A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination, Daily Telegraph Mosse's fans will relish this tale of secrets, love and treachery -- The Times on The Burning Chambers Another of Mosse's immersive dramas, which takes you to the heart of the past -- Grazia on The Burning Chambers Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric -- Mail on Sunday on The Burning Chambers Product Description Following on from the Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse's The City of Tears is the second thrilling historical epic in The Burning Chambers series, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown. August 1572: Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a Royal Wedding, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and the Huguenot King of Navarre intended to bring peace to France after a decade of religious wars. So too is their oldest enemy, Vidal, still in pursuit of a relic that will change the course of history. But within days of the marriage, thousands will lie dead in the streets and Minou’s beloved family will be scattered to the four winds . . . A gripping, breathtaking novel of revenge, persecution and loss, the action sweeps from Paris and Chartres to the city of tears itself, Amsterdam. About the Author Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer, the author of six novels and short story collections, including the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy – Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel – 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 also the Deputy Chair of the National Theatre in London. Kate divides her time between Chichester in West Sussex and Carcassonne in south-west France.