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  • The Burning Chambers

  • The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 1
  • By: Kate Mosse
  • Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
  • Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (844 ratings)

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The Burning Chambers

By: Kate Mosse
Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
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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

©2018 Kate Mosse (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio
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Suspenseful.

An intriguing story, beautifully written and read with authority and feeling. A very pleasing voice to listen to.

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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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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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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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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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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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Excellent

A good, fast paced yarn and beautifully narrated. I'm very much looking forward to Book 2.

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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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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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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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