We’re reading Kate Mosse’s Joubert Chronicles as a virtual reading group and this is the fourth book in the four-book series – and we’re at the end! If I had to pick a favourite, it would probably be book three. This fourth and final book was brilliant and still had the same attention to detail and researc that the other three had, but I just felt like there could have been a little bit more. I also may have end-of-series feelings and just be a little bereft!
Once again, Kate Mosse has brought forward fictional characters to highlight the real lives of women in history. The difficult times that our ancestors faced and the shocking details of colonisation are explored with the use of descriptive prose which really highlighted the brutality of the time. There is a dignity and poise in Kate Mosse’s writing that you don’t always find in historical fiction.
Overall, a satisfying finale to a four-book series!
About the Book
Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688.
Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, journeys to the Cape of Good Hope in search of her notorious cousin, Louise Reydon-Joubert – who vanished without trace half a century ago.
Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862.
Nearly six generations later, Isabelle Joubert Lepard follows in her footsteps, determined to investigate the lives of her ancestors – and to honour their memory – only to discover that the evils of the past, though hidden, are far from buried.
And that her life, too, is under threat . . .
Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones is the triumphant conclusion to Kate Mosse’s No.1 international bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship.
About The Author
Kate Mosse is a No 1 international bestselling novelist, playwright and non fiction writer, best known for her multi-million Languedoc Trilogy – Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel – and for her Gothic Fiction, including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist’s Daughter, which she is adapting for film & stage. Her new novel The Burning Chambers – publishing May 2018 – is the first in an epic historical adventure series. Non fiction titles include The House: Behind the Scenes at the Royal Opera House and Chichester Festival Theatre at Fifty.
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