The Burning Chambers (The Joubert Family Chronicles)

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Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

Another of Mosse’s immersive dramas, which takes you to the heart of the past - Grazia on The Burning ChambersAn 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 Burning Chambers is rich with this historical detail, but it's also very much about everyday people.

Kate Mosse's "Languedoc Trilogy": Labyrinth, Sepulchre, and Citadel are three of my favorite historical fiction novels, so I was oh so thrilled when I heard she was writing a new series set again in the Languedoc province of France and even more excited to get my hands on a review copy of The Burning Chambers (let me just say that there's some serious cover love going on between me and this book! Gorgeous!). This about the thief of The Shroud of Antioch in 1558 & the hunt by Piet Reydon to clear his name .

If you gave Mary Berry flour, butter, eggs and sugar, you could be absolutely sure she’d create the perfect Victoria sponge cake. In the same way, in The Burning Chambers, Kate Mosse expertly combines all the ingredients necessary for a deliciously satisfying historical fiction novel…with the Prologue providing the promise of further appetising slices still to come. Languedoc, region in Southern France, was marked by Cathars Inquisitions before the 14th century and after the 15th century the region experienced another Crusade now against Huguenots (French Protestants), who seemed to be putting the strongest resistance in this particular region. 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 - Rosamund Lupton, author of Three Hours From the multi-million, number one bestselling author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter, comes The Burning Chambers: a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets, conspiracies and divided loyalties, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown. Impressively bold and ambitious, [ The Burning Chambers] features betrayals, broken friendship, family secrets, and the horrors of fanaticism. Fans will love it." - Daily Mail (UK)

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 - Mail on Sunday

Esta novela histórica se desarrolla en Francia en el siglo XVI, y nos muestra la lucha de poder entre católicos y protestantes (hugonotes), siendo esta intolerancia religiosa, uno de los elementos más fuertes de la novela. Comienza con un prólogo fechado en 1862 en Sudáfrica, que nos permite entender cuales serán los nexos comunes de la trama de esta trilogía: un diario, un testamento, un antiguo secreto y dos familias enfrentadas desde hace 300 años. Kate Mosse is the author of eight novels and short story collections, including Labyrinth, the first in the bestselling Languedoc Trilogy, and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her latest novel, The Burning Chambers (available June 18, 2019), is the first in a planned quartet from Minotaur Books that spans a 300-year history of the Huguenots, starting with the early days of the Wars of Religion in 16 th- century France. Mosse is the co-founder of the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction, and she divides her time between Chichester in West Sussex and Carcassone in the southwest of France.

But Mosse has an instinctive feel for the domestic and intimate that steers the reader through vast historical terrain, and Minou and Piet’s devotion as they try to reconcile their opposing religions has overtones of Romeo and Juliet. I’m Lucy, an award-winning book blogger, bibliotherapist and writer with a passion for brilliant books, independent bookstores, literary travel and book festivals around the world. The Literary Edit is your guide to the beautiful world of books.

Mosse’s narrative lyricism, beautifully drawn female characters and deft journey from the past to the present day are a cut above - Scotland on Sunday The plot and level of suspense was excellent and as gripping as any crime/thriller but for me the historical context made the book. So who is it for ? If you love crime / thrillers you might feel there is too much historical detail. If you love historical / crime thrillers then you should love this one. Not only is this an excellent historical novel that captures the flavor of the time but it is a mystery story with someone going around and murdering people in secret ways that are not readily obvious. Not only is that a conflict but long time friends Piet, now a Huguenot, and Vilad, a Catholic priest, are fighting over the purported shroud of Christ. Minou also has a big secret in her past that she knows nothing about. Some people have called this a Romantic Historical but I personally don't like to label a book with word ROMANTIC specialy when it real isn't ,it as romantic under tons but only loosely but the word Romance can put people off. I was told that Forever Amber was sloppy Romance so for years I never tried it but when I did I made it book of the year. It's like ghastly term 'a woman's book' no such thing. Book should not be labeled like that. Según palabras de la autora, esta trilogía comienza con esta entrega desarrollada en la ciudad medieval de Carcasona en 1562 y concluirá, abarcando más de trescientos años de historia, en Sudáfrica en 1862.