The burning chambers
By: Kate Mosse
Contributors: Gower, Neil, illustrator
Series: The burning chambers -- bk. 1
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9781509806843; 9781509806836; 9781509806867
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Huguenots; Man-woman relationships; Conspiracies; Persecution; History; Fiction
Description: 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. Toulouse: As the religious divide deepens in the Midi, and old friends become enemies, Minou and Piet both find themselves trapped in Toulouse, facing new dangers as sectarian tensions ignite across the city, the battle-lines are drawn in blood and the conspiracy darkens further. Meanwhile, as a long-hidden document threatens to resurface, the mistress of Puivert is obsessed with uncovering its secret and strengthening her power ...
Notes: Illustrations on lining-papers.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part one : Carcassonne, winter 1562; title: Part two : Toulouse, spring 1562; title: Part three : Puivert, summer 1562; title: Epilogue.