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The Burning Chambers: A Novel Audiobook
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"For fans of juicy historical fiction, this one might just develop into their next obsession." — EW.com
**An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production**One of Paste Magazine's best audiobooks of 2019**
From the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Labyrinth, comes the first in an epic new series.
Power and Prejudice: France, 1562. War sparks between the Catholics and Huguenots, dividing neighbors, friends, and family—meanwhile, 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.
Love and Betrayal: Before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, she meets a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon. Piet has a dangerous task of his own, and he will need Minou’s help if he is to stay alive. Soon, they find themselves on opposing sides, as forces beyond their control threaten to tear them apart.
Honor and Treachery: As the religious divide deepens, Minou and Piet find themselves trapped in Toulouse, facing new dangers as tensions ignite across the city—and a feud that will burn across generations begins to blaze. . .
Praise for The Burning Chambers:
"Mosse is a master storyteller, balancing thrilling suspense with complex characters."— Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Circe
"This is historical fiction to devour. Nobody does it like Kate Mosse."— Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of The Magpie Murders
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"Kate Moss always has wonderful learning of historical fiction. Things never taught in school or university. She’s a great researcher. I especially am fond of the Carcassonne south of France stories as I have visited there many times and one gets the sure feeling of what she writes. Even though, the story is depressing one gets the historical sensation of what those tires were really like. I was so excited to find Kate Moss on Audiobooks store as I have visual loss and her books were not readable for me any longer. Thank you. "
— Ani Mac (4 out of 5 stars)
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“For fans of juicy historical fiction, this one might just develop into their next obsession.”
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"[Mosse’s] plotting and pacing are impeccable. So is her ability to bring to life an extraordinarily complex conflict and era, as well as a vast cast of both fictional and historical figures…[A] deeply satisfying, richly imagined novel.”
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“Hattie Morahan’s similarly quiet voice threads through this story…Morahan’s slow, precise, and melodious performance lulls the listener into thinking all is well while tensions and fear abound…The novel, based on complex religious wars and migrations over three hundred years, comes to life in Morahan’s dulcet, cultured, yet minimally inflected narration. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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"Mosse is a master storyteller, balancing thrilling suspense with complex characters and a thoughtful exploration of a fascinating time in history. Her heroine Minou is a pleasure to root for: clever, loving, down-to-earth and courageous!
— Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Circe -
This is historical fiction to devour. Nobody does it like Kate Mosse.
— Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of The Magpie Murders -
Mosse’s fans will relish this tale of secrets, love, and treachery.
— Antonia Senior, The Times (UK) -
First-rate cloak and dagger excitement—who knew the religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots in sixteenth century France could be so riveting to modern audiences? Kate Mosse captures the details of life in the Languedoc region of France, famed for its beauty, but hiding many secrets, in this masterful novel.
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Ambitious and skilfully constructed...Mosse has an instinctive feel for narrative momentum...The Burning Chambers is a tour de force, a compelling adventure that views the past with insight, compassion, and humor, and reminds us of the variety of women's voices so often forgotten in the official accounts.
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The Burning Chambers is an immersive book full of intrigue, romance, war, and adventure that you can just sink into.
— Stylist (UK) -
Impressively bold and ambitious, [The Burning Chambers] features betrayals, broken friendship, family secrets, and the horrors of fanaticism. Fans will love it.
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The kind of British import that Americans love.
— The Washington Post -
Pure escapism...Beguiling.
— New York Daily News -
Exhilarating.
— Entertainment Weekly -
Dan Brown...may have to share the wealth with this well-researched tale.
— Kirkus Reviews -
Mosse's page-turner takes readers on another quest for the Holy Grail.
— Publishers Weekly -
Mosse's epic adventure weaves together the present and the past.
— Booklist -
A flawless alliance of history and fiction
— Steve Berry -
Deeply researched and thoughtfully written...the past comes to life in this big, densely plotted mystery novel.
— Philippa Gregory
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A Women.com Pick of Best Books of the Month
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About Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse is an international bestselling author of several novels with sales of more than five million copies in thirty-eight languages. Her fiction includes the novel Labyrinth, which became a New York Times bestseller, as well as an acclaimed collection of short stories. She is the co-founder and chair of the board of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2013 she was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to literature.