The Map of Bones

''Brilliant . . . The past is felt deep in the reader''s bones'' - The Observer A sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land. Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, arrives at the Cape of Good Hope in search of her infamous cousin - Louise Reydon-Joubert - who disappeared without a trace more than sixty years before. But not all is as it seems . . . Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862. Nearly one hundred and eighty years later, another intrepid woman of the Joubert family - Isabelle Lepard - has journeyed to the Cape in search of her long-lost relations. But when she discovers that the crimes of the past are far from over, she faces a race to escape with her life . . . Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones is the fourth - and final - novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers , The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship . ''This is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition'' - The Telegraph '' A fittingly terrific conclusion [to The Joubert Family Chronicles]'' - i newspaper * The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 06-10-24

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kate Mosse, Mosse Kate
• Editore: Pan Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.07.2025
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9781035042173
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3504217-3
• Numero di pagine: 461
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13 x 19.8 x 3 cm
• Serie: The Joubert Family Chronicles
• Categorie: Cornwall, London, Romance, Explorer, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Feminist, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Central London, family, Historical, LGBTQ+, Cape Town, South Africa, Action & Adventure, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Historical adventure fiction, non-binary, intergenerational, c 1870 to c 1879, c 1680 to c 1689, c 1860 to c 1869, Strong Female Lead, Northern Cape, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, redemption, women’s fiction