While the tension is already at its height in the streets of Paris, the life of Admiral de Coligny is expected. It is the beginning of the Saint-Barthélemy massacre. Hurried into the chaos of history, Minou and Piet are about to flee when Marta, their seven-year-old daughter, disappears without leaving a trace …
After The City of Fire, which appears simultaneously in pocket at Pocket, Kate Mosse offers us with City of Tears a new historical and family fresco full of twists and turns. From Paris on Saint-Barthélemy to Amsterdam via Chartres, she weaves her web and the reader, captivated, watches history being written.
Sonatine editions invite you to discover the first pages in preview:
Kate Mosse, novelist and professor of contemporary literature and creative writing, was born in 1961 in Sussex. In 2005, she enjoyed international success with the Languedoc Trilogy, and Labyrinth sold 8 million copies and translated into 38 languages, which takes place in the Middle Ages with the main setting of the City and the city of Carcassonne, where she lives part of the year in Carcassonne.
Publication on January 21, 2020:
Kate Mosse, transl. Caroline Nicolas
– City of Tears – Sonatine – 9782355847646 – 23 €
– City of fire – Pocket – 9782355847646 – 9,70 €
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