The Burning Chambers
The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 1
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Hattie Morahan
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Kate Mosse
About this listen
The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller
‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe
Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s historical epic The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first volume in the sweeping, spellbinding series, The Joubert Family Chronicles.
Carcassonne, 1562. Nineteen-year-old Catholic 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.
But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou’s help if he is to get out of La Cité alive . . .
A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, The Burning Chambers is the first novel in Kate Mosse's enthralling, meticulously researched historical series. It is followed by The City of Tears.
'A tour de force' – The Observer
'Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric' – The Mail on Sunday
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- MS CAROLYN DAVIES
- 09-07-18
Suspenseful.
An intriguing story, beautifully written and read with authority and feeling. A very pleasing voice to listen to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-19
A page turner, very relevant to politics in UK tod
I was so interested in this story from midway through I was listening while walking and got lost.
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- Audsemporium Ltd
- 13-10-19
Gripping to the end
As the authors other books were gripping to the end I wasn't disappointed in The Burning Chambers. The book will hold you to the end and then tease you with the next book - so looking forward to the next one.
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- Eleanor
- 25-05-18
The start of another engrossing series from Kate Mosse
The first two chapters of scene-setting were quite confusing and well worth listening to again at the end of the story. All became clear! The story is complex, but gradually the characters take shape and the narrative carries one along. We definitely want to learn more and will wait impatiently until 2020 for the sequel.
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- SharonRAmreview
- 02-07-20
Excellent & Enjoyable Historical Fiction
I love this genre and I love this writer so guess it's not surprising I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found the subject both fascinating and tragic....as is so often the way with religious and social history. I'll be following on with others in the series - highly recommended.
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- Suzy Q
- 19-03-19
pleasant story
Enjoyed this historical story. it is obviosly well researched as many interesting facts introduced throughout.
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- Christopher
- 03-06-18
Another great read
At first I thought the plot was difficult to follow but as it progressed the plot materialised.
Need to listen to the book twice to get the full impact.
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- VMJ
- 05-11-18
More than absorbing ...
A brilliant evocation of a world where both sides believe in their own rightness. I found myself listening for hours at a time, caught up in the various strands of the story. This is what religious persecution and intolerance looks like. The characters are finely drawn and the story reads like a thriller. My only very slight disappointment was how neatly all the ends were tied, like a piece of embroidery that needed all its threads secure. But that’s a small niggle...
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- Kane Edwards
- 01-06-20
Intruiging, colourful and very well read
One of the best voices I've listening to with a partcularly impressive range of accents and enabling me to visualize thr many different and very interesting characters.
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- Juliet
- 21-06-20
A book for historical enthusiasts only!
Interesting but heavy duty if you do not have an interest I historical stories.
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