by KateMosse (Author)
October 1891: A young girl, Leonie Vernier, and her brother, Anatole, are invited to leave the gas-lit streets of Paris and travel south to a mysterious country house - La Domaine de la Cade - near Carcassonne. There, in the ancient, dark woods, Leonie comes across a ruined sepulchre and is drawn into a century's old mystery of murder, ghosts and a strange set of tarot cards that seem to hold enormous power over life and death. October 2007: Meredith Martin decides to take a break from her research trip in Paris - where she is studying Claude Debussy - and head down south to a beautiful hotel in the woods. She becomes fascinated by the history of the place and particularly by the tragic events of one Halloween night more than a century before that shocked the small community. Thus her fate becomes entwined with that of Leonie. But it is only when she too stumbles over a secluded glade in the forest that she realises that the secrets it contains are far from dead and buried...A haunting mystery of revenge and obsession, set against the rich backdrop of southern France, SEPULCHRE is the stunning new novel from the bestselling author of LABYRINTH.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 31 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0752860550
ISBN 13: 9780752860558
Book Overview: LABYRINTH was a publishing sensation, reaching No.1 in both hardcover and paperback. Voted the Richard & Judy Read of the Year 2006, LABYRINTH topped 100,000 copies in trade and more than a million in paperback. With rights sold in 40 territories and 35 languages, LABYRINTH has been a global smash-hit and stormed the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list. It was chosen as one of Waterstone's Top 100 novels of the past 25 years: Kate has tapped into a massive public appetite for gripping historical adventure reads with a modern twist - combining rich writing with meticulous research and compelling plots. Media coverage has been overwhelming and critical acclaim extensive: 'Compelling...intriguing...passionate' Sunday Times