The Burning Chambers

In the historical fiction novel "The Burning Chambers," Kate Mosses explores 16th-century France through the eyes of Minou Joubert, who receives a mysterious letter that changes her life. The book is praised for its thrilling adventure and heartbreaking love story and is the first novel in Kate Mosse's No. 1 bestselling series, The Joubert Family Chronicles.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 608 pages
Publication date: 20 January 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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 Mosses No. 1 bestselling novel "The Burning Chambers" is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war, and conspiracy.



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 the first novel in Kate Mosse's No. 1 bestselling series, "The Joubert Family Chronicles." It is followed by the second instalment in the series, "The City of Tears".

Praise for "The Joubert Family Chronicles:
"Historical fiction to devour" - Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of "The Twist of the Knife", 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"