The Map of Bones

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

von Kate Mosse

480 Seiten, Hardcover

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'Mosse gives us both the satisfying intricacy of historical fact and a fictional narrative that carries us along at a rollicking pace . . . Brilliant and well researched . . . The past is felt deep in the reader's bones' - The ObserverA sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land.No word, no story, no grave . . .Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, journeys to the Cape of Good Hope in search of her notorious cousin, Louise Reydon-Joubert - who vanished without trace half a century ago.Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862. Nearly six generations later, Isabelle Joubert Lepard follows in her footsteps, determined to investigate the lives of her ancestors - and to honour their memory - only to discover that the evils of the past, though hidden, are far from buried.And that her life, too, is under threat . . .Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones is the fourth - and final - novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship.'This is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition' - The Telegraph'A fittingly terrific conclusion [to The Joubert Family Chronicles]' - i newspaper* The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 06-10-24

• Themen: Belletristik Liebesromane / Romance Historische Liebesromane / Romance
• ISBN: 9781035042159
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.10.2024
• Größe: 237 x 158 mm
• Verlag: Pan Macmillan