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The Burning Chambers
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 1
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
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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- emma deyn
- 09-08-18
dissapointing storyline for kate mosse
struggled to finish this as i love kate mosses books. its storyline seemed quite uninteresting. more about politics and very little content.
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- Mrs. Diana R. Mortimer
- 20-09-18
The Burning Chambers
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Took a while for me to actually get into the story, but when I did I was hooked.
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- Perlab
- 25-10-18
Loved it
I really enjoyed listening to the Burning Chambers.
The intricate plot mixed with history made it all so more interesting.
Looking forward to the next one.
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- Jaya
- 01-11-18
Excellent
A good, fast paced yarn and beautifully narrated. I'm very much looking forward to Book 2.
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- Jon Freeman
- 22-03-21
Good story well constructed but flagged
Good, but over-long. Sustained by excellent narration. Great historical authenticity and sense of place. But for me, needed to be tighter.
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- Loraine
- 28-03-19
One word - fantastic
A truly brilliant and powerful story read by a fantastic narrator with lots of historical data - I will be quite lost without it.
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- Lesley
- 25-06-22
Slow to get going
I found this difficult to get into and nearly gave up on it a few times finding it slow and disjointed until nearly half way through. However it did pick up after this point and I was glad I had persevered. The narrator was excellent, her french pronunciation and ability to differentiate between characters was outstanding and I did enjoy the story overall.
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