The city of tears - Kate Mosse

Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer, the author of six novels and short story collections, including the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel - and number one bestselling Gothic fiction The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and published in more than forty countries. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, she is also the Deputy Chair of the National Theatre in London.

Kate divides her time between Chichester in West Sussex and Carcassonne in south-west France.

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

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
Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party

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
Isabel Ashdown, author of Lake Child

A vibrant sequel to 2018's Burning Chambers . . . The fascinating historical detail fuels the drama and keeps the plot zipping along
Publisher's Weekly

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 on The Burning Chambers

Mosse is a master storyteller
Madeline Miller, author of Circe

A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination
Daily Telegraph

Mosse's fans will relish this tale of secrets, love and treachery
The Times on The Burning Chambers

Another of Mosse's immersive dramas, which takes you to the heart of the past
Grazia on The Burning Chambers

Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric
Mail on Sunday on The Burning Chambers