1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Parisfor the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne,the Domaine de la Cade. But in the nearby woods, Léonie stumblesacross a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces arewritten in blood.2007.
France 1562: As the Wars of Religion begin to take hold, a courageous Catholic woman and a passionate Huguenot believer find themselves united in a quest to uncover a long-buried secret . . .
From the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, Kate Mosses novel sees the Joubert family caught up in the St Bartholomews Day Massacre and a frightening sequence of events thereafter . . .
From the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, Kate Mosses novel sees the Joubert family caught up in the St Bartholomews Day massacre and a frightening sequence of events thereafter
Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties . . . Carcassonne 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop.