‘Brilliant . . . The past is felt deep in the reader’s bones’ – The Observer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
A sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones <\/i>by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land.<\/p>\n
No word, no story, no grave . . .<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688.<\/b>
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.<\/p>\n
Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862.<\/b>
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.<\/p>\n
And that her life, too, is under threat . . .<\/p>\n
Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones<\/i> is the triumphant conclusion to Kate Mosse’s No.1 international bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers<\/i>, The City of Tears <\/i>and The Ghost Ship<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘This is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition’ – The Telegraph<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘<\/i>A fittingly terrific conclusion [to The Joubert Family Chronicles]’ – i <\/i>newspaper<\/b><\/p>\n
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