Kate Mosse

The enthralling Sunday Times bestselling gothic novel from the author of LABYRINTH and THE BURNING CHAMBERSThe clock strikes twelve. Beneath the wind and the remorseless tolling of the bell, no one can hear the scream . . .1912. A Sussex churchyard. Villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will not survive the coming year are thought to walk. And in the shadows, a woman lies murdered. As the flood waters rise, Connie Gifford is marooned in a decaying house with her increasingly tormented father. He drinks to escape the past, but an accident has robbed her of her most significant childhood memories. Until the disturbance at the church awakens fragments of those vanished years . . .

I hear someone coming. It has happened before . . . Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking revenge, of grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny. Atmospheric and unforgettable, The Mistletoe Bride is a collection of stories inspired by ghost stories, folk tales and legends, from one of our most captivating writers.'These eerie tales are perfect for stormy winter darkness' Daily Mail'A master of the short form' Stylist'A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination' Daily Telegraph

A chilling and spooky Gothic historical thriller reminiscent of Rebecca and The Turn of the Screw, dripping with the dark twists and eerie surprises that are the hallmarks of Edgar Allan Poe, from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Citadel. In a remote village near the English coast, residents gather in a misty churchyard. More than a decade into the twentieth century, superstition still holds sway: It is St. Mark's Eve, the night when the shimmering ghosts of those fated to die in the coming year are said to materialize and amble through the church doors. Alone in the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father on the fringes of town, in a decaying mansion cluttered with the remains of his once world-famous museum of taxidermy. No one speaks of why the museum was shuttered or how the Giffords fell so low. Connie herself has no recollection--a childhood accident has erased all memory of her earlier days. Even those who might have answers remain silent. The locals shun Blackthorn House, and the strange spinster who practices her father's macabre art. As the last peal of the midnight bell fades to silence, a woman is found dead--a stranger Connie noticed near the church. In the coming days, snippets of long lost memories will begin to tease through Connie's mind, offering her glimpses of her vanished years. Who is the victim, and why has her death affected Connie so deeply? Why is she watched by a mysterious figure who has suddenly appeared on the marsh nearby? Is her father trying to protect her with his silence--or someone else? The answers are tied to a dark secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop--a mystery that draws Connie closer to danger . . . closer to madness . . . closer to the startling truth.

A chilling and spooky Gothic historical thriller reminiscent of Rebecca and The Turn of the Screw, dripping with the dark twists and eerie surprises that are the hallmarks of Edgar Allan Poe, from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Citadel. In a remote village near the English coast, residents gather in a misty churchyard. More than a decade into the twentieth century, superstition still holds sway: It is St. Mark's Eve, the night when the shimmering ghosts of those fated to die in the coming year are said to materialize and amble through the church doors. Alone in the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father on the fringes of town, in a decaying mansion cluttered with the remains of his once world-famous museum of taxidermy. No one speaks of why the museum was shuttered or how the Giffords fell so low. Connie herself has no recollection--a childhood accident has erased all memory of her earlier days. Even those who might have answers remain silent. The locals shun Blackthorn House, and the strange spinster who practices her father's macabre art. As the last peal of the midnight bell fades to silence, a woman is found dead--a stranger Connie noticed near the church. In the coming days, snippets of long lost memories will begin to tease through Connie's mind, offering her glimpses of her vanished years. Who is the victim, and why has her death affected Connie so deeply? Why is she watched by a mysterious figure who has suddenly appeared on the marsh nearby? Is her father trying to protect her with his silence--or someone else? The answers are tied to a dark secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop--a mystery that draws Connie closer to danger . . . closer to madness . . . closer to the startling truth.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Labyrinth-"a rich brew of supernaturalism and intrigue."(Kirkus Reviews) In 1891, young L onie Vernier and her brother arrive at the home of their widowed aunt in Rennes-le-Bains, in southwest France. But nothing is as L onie had imagined. Their aunt is young, willowy, and beautiful, and the estate is a subject of local superstition. Villagers claim that L onie's late uncle died after summoning a demon from the old Visigoth sepulchre on its grounds... More than a century later, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives in Rennes-le- Bains while researching the life of Claude Debussy. Haunted by a Tarot reading she had in Paris-and possessing the mysterious deck of cards-she checks into a grand old hotel built on the site of a famous mountain estate destroyed by fire in 1896. There, the pack of Tarot cards and a piece of 19th-century music known as Sepulchre 1891 hold the key to her fate-just as they did to the fate of L onie Vernier.

I remember the chill autumn days, the air heavy with the smell of bonfires and dusk, damp mulch of leaves underfoot. In Autumn, Kate Mosse celebrates the time of shifting light, sharpening pencils and crisp mornings. In a magical adventure through the season, she describes the ever-changing colours of the autumn landscape, the crunch of leaves underfoot, the drift of migrating birds and the last of the sun's warmth for the year. Alongside excursions to Le Mont St Michel and Carcassonne, she takes us to the Sussex marshlands of her childhood, when they are at their mulchy, misty, golden-hued best. In the reed banks she spots plovers and Goldeneye duck. Along the sea wall, she glimpses purple sea lavender, Brent geese and curlews, in the oak pond, herons and little egrets. Exploring folklore, nature and creativity, this is a love-letter to Sussex and an atmospheric portrait of the autumn season from one of our best-loved writers.

With an entry for every day of the year, this is an empowering and accessible celebration of women and girl's history, by internationally bestselling author Kate Mosse.

1891: 17-årige Léonie tager til herregården Domaine de la Cade. I de gamle skove, som omgiver herregården, støder hun på en sepulchre - en slags gravkammer, som gemmer på en mørk hemmelighed. Hun kommer på sporet af et sæt tarotkort, som siges at besidde magten over liv og død.2007: Meredith Martin er amerikaner, men tager til Frankrig for at researche til sin biografi om den franske komponist Debussy. Mennesker forskellige steder i Frankrig, mennesker forskellige steder i tid. Det eneste, der binder dem sammen, er et sæt tarotkort. ”Sepulchre” er en tryllebindende fortælling, der tager os tilbage i tiden fra i dag til slutningen af 1800-tallet til den franske badeby Rennes-les-Bains og endnu længere tilbage til fortidens konger, som blev begravet med deres skatte. De, som kommer i nærheden af tarotkortene og er i stand til at løse mysteriet om de illustrerede kort, vil komme på en rejse. En rejse, hvor de på tætteste hold vil få indblik i forbudt viden, mærke kirkens magt og ikke mindst føle sig lokket af det okkulte. Kate Mosse (f. 1961), britisk forfatter, bor skiftesvis i West Sussex, England og i Carcasonne, Frankrig, hvor hendes romaner, Sepulchre og Labyrint, udspiller sig.

I juli 2005 gør den unge Alice et bemærkelsesværdigt arkæologisk fund i de franske Pyrenæer: En hule med sære inskriptioner på væggene, og hvor der på gulvet ligger to skeletter, en ring af sten med en indgraveret labyrint og en lille lædersæk.800 år tidligere, mens et korstog mod franske kættere er på sit højeste, får Alais en ring og en mystisk bog af sin far – effekter, der indeholder nøglen til sandheden om den hellige gral, og som det nu er Alais’ opgave at beskytte med sit liv. Tilbage i nutiden går det op for Alice, at det fund, hun har gjort, ikke kun er af stor arkæologisk betydning, for der er øjensynligt en person, som er villig til at slå ihjel for at komme i besiddelse af ringen med den indgraverede labyrint. Men hvad er det for en hemmelighed, ringen og labyrinten gemmer på? Kate Mosse (f. 1961), britisk forfatter, bor skiftesvis i West Sussex, England og i Carcasonne, Frankrig, hvor hendes romaner, Sepulchre og Labyrint, udspiller sig.

History, completed.'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made. In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women’s liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women’s rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidateAnd as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots . . .'Don't miss this' - Natalie Haynes, bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone Blind'Excellent . . . Bursting with extraordinary women' – Anita Anand, broadcaster and author of The Patient Assassin‘A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love’ – Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' – Jonathan Phillips, historian and author of The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller‘I adored it’ – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of Wait For MeA sweeping and epic love story, The Ghost Ship is the swashbuckling third volume in Kate Mosse's enthralling series, The Joubert Family Chronicles. The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water — its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it, too, finds itself hunted. But the ship’s crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not what they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate? A tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas, The Ghost Ship is the third instalment in The Joubert Family Chronicles. The series concludes with The Map of Bones. Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:'Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric' – The Mail on Sunday on The Burning Chambers'A historical epic' – The Observer on The City of Tears'I couldn't put it down' — Louise Minchin, broadcaster and author of Isolation Island, on The Ghost ShipThe Ghost Ship was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-07-23

Por la autora best seller Kate Mosse. Un libro que devuelve la voz a casi mil mujeres cuyos logros y coraje nos inspiran a todas y todos. UNA CELEBRACI N A LAS MUJERES DE LA HISTORIA. Inspirada en la abrumadora respuesta que tuvo la campa a mundial que inici Mosse en las redes sociales bajo el hashtag #WomanInHistory, que se lanz en 2021, esta importante obra de no ficci n recopila, de manera rica y detallada, m s de 1.000 voces de mujeres no escuchadas y poco escuchadas. Tambi n nos ofrece la siguiente pregunta vital: c mo y por qu los logros de las mujeres se han omitido rutinariamente de los libros de historia y cu les son las consecuencias de contar solo la mitad de nuestra historia humana? En estas p ginas, conocer s a casi 1000 mujeres cuyos nombres merecen ser mejor conocidos; las mujeres que dedicaron su vida al mundo natural o a la medicina; aquellas mujeres valientes que resistieron y lucharon por lo que cre an para defender a sus familias, su cultura y sus pa ses; a las hero nas an nimas del escenario y la pantalla. Viajando por todo el mundo y abarcando todos los per odos de la Historia, esta es tambi n una historia detectivesca, intensamente conmovedora, sobre la propia historia familiar de la autora, ya que Kate Mosse reconstruye la vida olvidada de su bisabuela, Lily Watson, una novelista famosa y de gran xito en su poca y de la cu l a d a de hoy nadie conoc a su existencia... Conocida por sus aclamadas novelas de aventuras hist ricas y por su trabajo defendiendo las voces de las mujeres como directora y fundadora del Premio de Mujeres de Ficci n, este libro nos muestra la pasi n de Mosse para asegurarse de que se reconozcan los logros de las mujeres del pasado y del presente. Un libro ambicioso en su alcance y fascinante en sus detalles que presenta un elenco diverso y global de nombres. Una historia alternativa y ecl ctica de las mujeres del mundo. Una carta de amor a la historia familiar y una memoria personal sobre la naturaleza de las luchas de las mujeres para ser escuchadas y para ver sus logros reconocidos. Un libro para todos los que alguna vez se han preguntado c mo se hace la historia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Excellent...bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand 'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan "My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It's a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are." Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history. Within these pages, you'll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium. It is global, traveling the world and spanning all periods of time. It is also an intensely moving detective story of the author's own family history, as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record . . . Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is accessible, ambitious in its scope, and fascinating in its detail. A beautifully illustrated dictionary of women, it is a love letter to family history and a personal memoir about the nature of women's struggles to be heard and their achievements acknowledged. Joyous, celebratory, and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made.

'Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it!' - Santa MontefiorePiracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in the Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse. The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water – its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it – too – finds itself hunted. But the ship’s crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate? A sweeping and epic love story, The Ghost Ship is a tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas.

From Kate Mosse, the number one Sunday Times bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles series continues with The Ghost Ship, a thrilling tale of piracy and a sweeping historical epic about love in a time of war.

A journey through history of the women who built the world, but whom the world forgot. "My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. Its a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are." Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard womens history. Within these pages youll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; Warrior Queens and Pirate Commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed in to defend their families, their culture and their countries; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium. It travels the world from the UK to the United States of America, Romania and Chile to Pakistan, Uganda to Germany, South Africa and India to New Zealand and spans all periods of time. But it is also an intensely moving detective story of the authors own family history as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly-successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record . . . Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is accessible, ambitious in its scope and fascinating in its detail. A beautifully illustrated book, it features a diverse and global cast of names and is both an alternative and eclectic womens history of the world, a love letter to family history and a personal memoir about the nature of womens struggles to be heard and their achievements acknowledged. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made.

History, completed.'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made. In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women’s liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women’s rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidateAnd as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots . . .'Excellent . . . Bursting with extraordinary women' – Anita Anand, broadcaster and author of The Patient Assassin‘A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love’ – Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' – Jonathan Phillips, historian and author of The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin

'The world is stacked against women like me. But things are different now.' 1912. In an isolated house on the Sussex salt marshes, Connie Gifford lives with her father. Robbed of her childhood memories by a mysterious accident, she is haunted by fitful glimpses of her past – whilst her father has become a broken man, taking refuge in the bottle, since the closure of his once-legendary Museum of Avian Taxidermy. A strange woman has been seen in the graveyard – and a few miles away, two patients have, inexplicably, disappeared from the local asylum. As a major storm hits the coastline, old wounds are about to be opened as one woman, intent on revenge, attempts to liberate another from the horrifying crimes of the past. The Taxidermist's Daughter is a thrilling Gothic story of violence, retribution and justice, adapted for the stage by Kate Mosse from her own internationally best-selling novel, and first performed at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2022, directed by Róisín McBrinn. 'A superb, atmospheric thriller, its Gothic overtones commanding attention' Daily Mail on Kate Mosse's novel

The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse. It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat. One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her. Very soon it will be a race against time for Ana to help persuade the town that they are in danger and should flee before the volcano erupts and destroys their world. Will they listen? And Ana herself faces another danger . . .

'Inspiring' GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' INDEPENDENT 'I loved it' ADAM KAY 'Beautiful' MATT HAIG 'Luminous' NICCI GERRARD 'Essential reading' MADELEINE BUNTING 'A celebration' CHRISTIE WATSON ----- A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The i Independent Book of the Month ----- Caring is an issue that affects us all - as bestselling novelist Kate Mosse knows all too well. Kate has cared in turn for her father and mother, and for Granny Rosie, her 90-year-old mother-in-law. Along the way she has experienced the joys, challenges and frustrations shared by an invisible army of carers. At the heart of this care lie everyday acts of love, and the realisation that, sooner or later, most of us will come to rely on an extra pair of hands. ----- 'Lifts the spirits without pulling punches' IAN RANKIN 'Irresistible' RACHEL JOYCE 'Questions how and why we fetishise independence when the reality of human experience is always interdependence' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE DAY 'Heartfelt, funny and at times heartbreaking. 10/10' INDEPENDENT 'Utterly beautiful' FRANCESCA SEGAL

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GHOST SHIP 1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance network in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - a group of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. When she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow - where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace - love can demand the highest price of all . . . 'A thrilling adventure and a truly epic love story' The Times'A deeply satisfying literary adventure, brimming with romance, treachery and cliff-hangers' ObserverBOOK THREE OF THE LANGUEDOC TRILOGY. Now fully revised and updated