The City of Tears

£9.99

The second instalment in The Joubert Family Chronicles. In the 16th century, from the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, one family struggles to survive in the wake of the St Batholomew’s Day massacre.

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A Sunday Times Best Paperbacks of the Year Pick

‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe

An epic historical adventure, sweeping from Carcassonne to Paris and Amsterdam, The City of Tears by Kate Mosse is the spellbinding second volume of The Joubert Family Chronicles.

Paris, 1572. For ten violent years, the Wars of Religion have raged across France. But now, peace has been brokered and a royal wedding has been negotiated that could see the country reunited at last.

An invitation has arrived for Minou Joubert and her family to attend this historic wedding. What Minou doesn’t know is that her family’s oldest enemy will also be there, that the Jouberts will soon be scattered to the winds after tragedy strikes, and that a beloved child will disappear without a trace . . .

A thrilling story of one family’s fight to survive against the devastating tides of history, The City of Tears is the second novel in the series. It is followed by The Ghost Ship.

‘Religious fanaticism, political intrigue and the heart-wrenching tale of a lost child . . . with women firmly centre stage’ – The Mail on Sunday

Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:

‘A tour de force’ – The Observer, on The Burning Chambers

‘An utterly absorbing epic’ – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment, on The City of Tears

‘Meticulously researched and stunningly written’ – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of Wait for Me, on The Ghost Ship

Additional information

Weight 0.382 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 3.7 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

560

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K