Nobody does the Languedoc like Kate Mosse! I didn’t realise the religious wars of France were just as viscious and prolonged as in Britain during the same time period ( Tudors and Stuarts). I was very interested to read this as I have been to Carcassonne and so could clearly visualise the scenes set there and its surrounds.This is really the story of an everyday family living in Carcassonne with a secret. It is also a romance. The story is based in Carcassonne and then Toulouse where bitter batt...

A very intriguing historical fiction read! This takes place in the mid-1500's during the time of the religious wars in France between the Catholics and the Huguenots. Mosse did a remarkable job in portraying the atmosphere and the climate of those times as well as imagining a fast-paced mystery that kept my interest - a family with a secret. I liked the strong female characters portrayed and enjoyed the romance between Minou and Piet. I don't know much about this period in France's history other...

I absolutely loved Kate Mosse’s Languedoc trilogy (Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel) and the atmospheric The Winter Ghosts. The author returns to the setting of previous novels – Carcassonne – but this time without the dual time structure of Labyrinth and Sepulchre. Instead the reader is plunged into the sights and sounds of 16th century France, a time of religious strife between the Catholic Church and Protestant Huguenots. ‘The threat of being denounced terrified everyone; a man could be strun...

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Kate Mosse has returned to what she does best, the French Languedoc period, mixed with a dash of mystery, twists and violence. As usual it’s Mosse’s apparent passion for this period of history that shines through here, with vivid descriptions of an extremely volatile time in French history. The story is highly atmospheric, which is only heightened by the wonderful detailed depictions of everyday life during a turbulent time. The un...

My god. MY. GOD. If you’re book is going to be 600 pages long, it better be good and, bloody hell, The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse is UH. MAY. ZING. Incredibly – and rather embarrassingly – I’ve never read one of Kate’s novels before. And I also know very little about the political landscape of 16th century France(!), yet this piece of historical fiction is gripping. Oh my word, it is gripping. Love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets, war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties… It...

Wow, The Burning Chambers is epic historical fiction. Taking place in France during the 1500s, our main character is Minou Joubert, a nineteen-year-old woman. Minou is working at her father’s bookshop (a bookshop!) when she receives a cryptic letter stating “She knows that you live.” At the same time, a young Huguenot, Piet Reydon, needs Minou’s help to stay alive. The religious divide between Catholicism and Protestantism is growing deeper and deeper, and this sets the dangerous and foreboding

The Burning Chambers by Kate Moss is a story of set in the 16th Century during the religious wars. It's about family, secrets and lies. I found this book slow to start with but I liked the characters. Very atmospheric and informative of the times. I would like to thank NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Tl;dr: (gallic shrug)Kate Mosse is back with a new series focusing on the persecution of Huguenots in France. It looks like the series will track not just the beginning and the infamous massacre, but also the migration of those who survived to other European countries and eventually colonial Africa (primarily South Africa, it seems)This is a fantastic idea for a historical series--it focuses on a lesser known period of European history, it's about what it's like to live in a world where people f...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 was what was read out at my Mother's Funrel in May 09 is at being of the book.This starts in 1862 in Franschhoek at a grave the rest is in flashback to Carcassonne in the Winter 1562, Toulouse Spring 1562 & Puivert Summer 1562 ; during the Wars of Religion set around the Host ,transubstantiation as opposed to consubstantiation. The hundreds of thousands of people who died over bread & wine. In today's standards it is very difficult to under stand Transubstantiation as it sound...

I haven’t read anything else by this author, but I was expecting more historical fiction and less romance novel. I knew nothing about this period of French history or the conflict between the Catholics and the Huguenots. I should have read a nonfiction book about it instead, because it definitely takes a back seat in this book. The book has instalove, a randy priest, a counterfeit shroud, secrets (of course), a stolen inheritance and one extremely melodramatic character (who devolves into totall...

Kate Mosse's "Languedoc Trilogy": Labyrinth, Sepulchre, and Citadel are three of my favorite historical fiction novels, so I was oh so thrilled when I heard she was writing a new series set again in the Languedoc province of France and even more excited to get my hands on a review copy of The Burning Chambers (let me just say that there's some serious cover love going on between me and this book! Gorgeous!).In this richly atmospheric, historical novel Mosse journeys back to the 16th century, to

The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of a family in mid 1500s France set against the backdrop of the civil unrest between the Catholics and Huguenots. This is quite a hefty tome coming in at over 580 pages and while I don't mind a chunky read every now and again, I did find this one a little too long. I wanted the main character to spend more time at her father's bookshop and felt a little robbed when that was just a kicking off point to her story.Containing a mystery and a love st...

2.5 stars rounded up to 3. I've read and enjoyed two of Kate Mosses' books before, but unfortunately I thought that The Burning Chamber was not of the same high standard. I loved learning about the time period and thought her descriptions of the places and historical events were very well done, but I found the characters in the story very one dimensional. I enjoy reading about people that are a bit more complex, and here you were either a hero (with no personality flaws) or a villain (with no re...

Kate Mosse writes really good historical fiction and does a lot about the Huguenots in 15th century France. This is not a part of her recent trilogy but a stand alone still centered around that time. It is very good. It concerns Minou Joubert and her small family of father, Bernard, and siblings, Aimeric and Alis living in Cacassonne. Not only is this an excellent historical novel that captures the flavor of the time but it is a mystery story with someone going around and murdering people in s