1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her older brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But when Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre she uncovers a timeless mystery and a unique deck of tarot cards that seem to hold power over life and death.2007. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade to research a biography. But Meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and becomes immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, a quest for revenge and the haunting events of one cataclysmic night a century ago . . . 'Brilliantly absorbing . . . richly evocative and full of compelling twists and turns' Red'A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination' Daily TelegraphBOOK TWO OF THE LANGUEDOC TRILOGY. Now fully revised and updated
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A gripping historical mystery from the multi-million copy bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE BURNING CHAMBERS
SEPULCHRE is a compulsive, fantastical, historical yarn. Mosse's skill lies in the precise nature of her storytelling
Ghosts, duels, murders, ill-fated love and conspiracy ... addictively readable - DAILY MAILSEPULCHRE is a compulsive, fantastical, historical yarn. Mosse's skill lies in the precise nature of her storytelling - OBSERVER[Mosse is] a powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination - DAILY TELEGRAPHMosse's gifts for historical fiction are considerable ... Mosse does what good popular historical novelists do best - make the past enticingly otherworldly, while also claiming it as our own - INDEPENDENTThe best of the Brits ... Where Mosse really wins is in the writing department. She's the real role model there - DAILY MIRRORBrilliantly absorbing ... Richly evocative and full of compelling twists and turns - RED
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781474625913
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion Books Ltd
Vekt
504 gr
Høyde
214 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
48 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
736
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