The Burning Chambers

The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller ''Mosse is a master storyteller'' - Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse''s historical epic The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first volume in the sweeping, spellbinding series, The Joubert Family Chronicles. Carcassonne, 1562. Nineteen-year-old Catholic 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 Cite alive . . . A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, The Burning Chambers is the first novel in Kate Mosse''s enthralling, meticulously researched historical series. Continue the story with The City of Tears . ''A tour de force'' - The Observer ''Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric'' - The Mail on Sunday Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles: ''Historical fiction to devour'' - Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of Close to Death , 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

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Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist and non-fiction writer. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy, The Joubert Family Chronicles (the number one bestselling The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship and The Map of Bones), and number one bestselling Gothic fiction. Her highly acclaimed non-fiction includes An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, she is also the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Kate is also a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, President of the Festival of Chichester, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Authors and a Trustee of the British Library. She was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List 2024.

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**The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller

'A tour de force' - The Observer**

Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse's historical epic The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy.

Carcassonne, 1562. On the eve of the wars that will tear France apart, 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, Piet Reydon, profoundly reshapes her destiny. For Piet has a mission of his own, and he will need Minou's help if he is to get out of La Cité alive . . .

A thrilling historical adventure and a heartbreaking boy-meets-girl love story, The Burning Chambers is the first volume in Kate Mosse's No. 1 international bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles. Continue the story with The City of Tears.

Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:

**'Historical fiction to devour' - Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of Close to Death, 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**