The City Of Tears (the Joubert Family Chronicles Book 2)

By (author) Mosse Kate
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From the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, Kate Mosse’s novel sees the Joubert family caught up in the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre and a frightening sequence of events thereafter . . .
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Sweeping from Paris and Chartres to the City of Tears itself – the great refugee city of Amsterdam – this is a story of one family’s fight to stay together and survive against the devastating tides of history . . .

Sunday Times ‘Best Paperbacks of 2022’
‘Feisty female characters, a plot of heart-stopping jeopardy and evocative settings’ – Daily Mail
‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
‘Magnificent, epic’ – Marian Keyes

May 1572: for ten violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance and a royal wedding has been negotiated. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last.

An invitation has arrived for Minou Joubert and her family to attend this historic wedding in Paris in August. But what Minou does not know is that the Joubert family’s oldest enemy, Vidal, will also be there. Nor that, within days of the marriage, on the eve of the Feast Day of St Bartholomew, her family will be scattered to the four winds and one of her beloved children will have disappeared without trace . . .

The City of Tears by Kate Mosse follows on from her Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers and The Joubert Family Chronicles continue with The Ghost Ship.

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That rare thing, a novel with vast scope and ambition, brilliantly achieved, but also deeply personal, finely detailed and nuanced. I was utterly immersed in this spell-binding story
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A gorgeously written, utterly absorbing epic and, despite being set in the sixteenth century, has some very pertinent messages for our time about the evils of religious persecution and the transcendent power of love and family. In case it’s not clear enough yet, I absolutely LOVED it
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Magnificent, epic
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[A] dramatic, immersive tale of secrets, conspiracies, fanaticism and loss
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Mosse’s novel is an enjoyable, intricately plotted piece of escapism
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Mosse shows a deft command of character and narrative in this second volume of a planned sequence
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Mosse includes all the ingredients you would expect from a historical epic – murder, treachery, lost children, stolen relics, buried secrets.
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Religious fanaticism, political intrigue and the heart-wrenching tale of a lost child add to a highly readable historical adventure, with women firmly centre stage
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Every inch a classic Mosse novel, The City of Tears is diligently researched, beautifully written and, crucially right now, both substantial and immersive – if you want to leave twenty-first-century pandemic Britain behind, this should be your preferred mode of transport
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Deft touches show a mastery of preparation, suspension and resolution within the historical thriller form
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This powerful story of love, secrets and deceit is pacy, rich and stylish – and as compelling as they come. One to stay up late for
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A vibrant sequel to 2018’s Burning Chambers . . . The fascinating historical detail fuels the drama and keeps the plot zipping along
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Mosse’s narrative lyricism, beautif