The City of Tears

A Sunday Times Best Paperbacks of the Year Pick ''Mosse is a master storyteller'' - Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe An epic historical adventure, sweeping from Carcassonne to Paris and Amsterdam, The City of Tears by Kate Mosse is the gripping second volume of The Joubert Family Chronicles. Paris, 1572. For ten violent years, the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Now, peace has been brokered and a royal wedding negotiated that could see the country reunited at last. An invitation has arrived for Minou Joubert and her family to attend this historic wedding. But what Minou doesn''t know is that her family''s oldest enemy will also be there, that the Jouberts will soon be scattered to the winds after tragedy strikes, and that a beloved child will disappear without a trace . . . A thrilling story of one family''s fight to survive against the devastating tides of history, The City of Tears is the second novel in the series. Continue the adventure with The Ghost Ship . ''Religious fanaticism, political intrigue and the heart-wrenching tale of a lost child . . . with women firmly centre stage'' - The Mail on Sunday Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles: ''A tour de force'' - The Observer , on The Burning Chambers ''An utterly absorbing epic'' - Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment , on The City of Tears ''Meticulously researched and stunningly written'' - Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of Wait for Me , on The Ghost Ship

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kate Mosse, Mosse Kate
• Editore: Pan Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9781035015177
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3501517-7
• Pagine: 560
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Serie: The Joubert Family Chronicles
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Amsterdam, London, Greater London, City of London, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, France, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Carcassonne, Netherlands, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Historical adventure fiction, Paris (City), c 1500 to c 1600, c 1560 to c 1569, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages