The Burning Chambers

Author: Mosse, Kate

Historical adventure

Published on 20 January 2022 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Joubert Family Chronicles' series.

Paperback | 608 pages
196 x 131 x 39 | 480g

Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s number one bestselling novel The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war, adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties.

Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old 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 a historical novel of excitement, conspiracy and danger like no other . . .

‘A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination’ – Daily Telegraph‘Impressively bold and ambitious’ – Daily Mail