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.
That rare thing, a novel with vast scope and ambition, brilliantly
achieved, but also deeply personal, finely detailed and nuanced. I
was utterly immersed in this spell-binding story
*Rosamund Lupton, author of Three Hours*
A gorgeously written, utterly absorbing epic and, despite being set
in the sixteenth century, has some very pertinent messages for our
time about the evils of religious persecution and the transcendent
power of love and family. In case it’s not clear enough yet, I
absolutely LOVED it
*Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party*
Magnificent, epic
*Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups*
[A] dramatic, immersive tale of secrets, conspiracies, fanaticism
and loss
*Daily Mail*
Mosse’s novel is an enjoyable, intricately plotted piece of
escapism
*The Times*
Mosse shows a deft command of character and narrative in this
second volume of a planned sequence
*Sunday Times*
The focus in her historical fiction has always been on the untold
stories of women and Minou is an appealing heroine. Mosse includes
all the ingredients you would expect from a historical epic –
murder, treachery, lost children, stolen relics, buried secrets –
but she also dramatises the complexities of 16th-century French and
Dutch politics without weighing it down. This is a compelling story
of how political upheavals play out in individual lives
*The Observer*
Religious fanaticism, political intrigue and the heart-wrenching
tale of a lost child add to a highly readable historical adventure,
with women firmly centre stage
*Mail on Sunday*
Every inch a classic Mosse novel, The City of Tears is diligently
researched, beautifully written and, crucially right now, both
substantial and immersive – if you want to leave 21st-century
pandemic Britain behind, this should be your preferred mode of
transport
*Radio Times*
Deft touches show a mastery of preparation, suspension and
resolution within the historical thriller form
*Financial Times*
This powerful story of love, secrets and deceit is pacy, rich and
stylish – and as compelling as they come. One to stay up late
for
*Isabel Ashdown, author of Lake Child*
A vibrant sequel to 2018’s Burning Chambers . . . The fascinating
historical detail fuels the drama and keeps the plot zipping
along
*Publisher's Weekly*
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 on The Burning Chambers*
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*
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