The number one bestselling phenomenon
JULY 1209, Carcassonne. Seventeen-year-old Alaïs Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe.
JULY 2005. Archaeologist Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she has disturbed something that was meant to remain buried. Soon, a link to a shocking secret - and her own past - is revealed . . .
'LABYRINTH is a reader's Holy Grail . . . a heart-wrenching, thrilling tale' Val McDermid
'An action-packed adventure of modern conspiracy and medieval passion' Independent
BOOK ONE OF THE LANGUEDOC TRILOGY
The author has combined an ingenious adventure story with a wonderfully detailed account of the historical background of the Languedoc ... the result is entirely compelling and full of incidental pleasures
-- Christina Koning - THE TIMESPacey and addictive
-- Kate Saunders - THE TIMESA gripping holy grail quest ... the story line runs on knowledge and fun - Carcassonne never looked so good
-- Anthony Sattin - SUNDAY TIMESThis is a novel clearly fuelled by an authorial obsession with a history, region and concept. The settings are evocative and... there are also some powerful dramatic scenes: the climactic moments where the good and evil women meet and battle it out are particularly compelling... [An] intriguing...passionate book
- SUNDAY TIMESA spellbinding adventure story
- REALLABYRINTH is very much a Girl's Own story: a grail quest in which women aren't helpless creatures to be rescued, or decorative bystanders, but central to the action, with the capacity to change history
- OBSERVERA thumping read: Mosse creates a world so complete I began to miss it before the last page. More intriguing than Dan Brown, a conundrum with lasting depth and vigour, LABYRINTH captivates from the first page until the final twist
-- Denise MinaLabyrinth is a reader's Holy Grail, mixing legend, religion, history, past and present in a heart-wrenching, thrilling tale. Eat your heart out, Dan Brown, this is the real thing
-- Val McDermidThere is nothing like a lovely long luscious journey through the French Pyrenees, and that is what Kate Mosse provides in her latest novel, Labyrinth . . . a spellbinding novel that slips between the present day and the thirteenth century . . . Mosse mixes a Grail adventure with passion and great writing in a book that for once features two feisty lead women
- NEW BOOKSA lovely, intelligent novel of discovery and loss, generous in its historical scope and intimate in its tender details
-- Nicci GerrardThe number one bestselling phenomenon
JULY 1209, Carcassonne. Seventeen-year-old Alaïs Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe.
JULY 2005. Archaeologist Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she has disturbed something that was meant to remain buried. Soon, a link to a shocking secret - and her own past - is revealed . . .
'LABYRINTH is a reader's Holy Grail . . . a heart-wrenching, thrilling tale' Val McDermid
'An action-packed adventure of modern conspiracy and medieval passion' Independent
BOOK ONE OF THE LANGUEDOC TRILOGY
The author has combined an ingenious adventure story with a wonderfully detailed account of the historical background of the Languedoc ... the result is entirely compelling and full of incidental pleasures
-- Christina Koning - THE TIMESPacey and addictive
-- Kate Saunders - THE TIMESA gripping holy grail quest ... the story line runs on knowledge and fun - Carcassonne never looked so good
-- Anthony Sattin - SUNDAY TIMESThis is a novel clearly fuelled by an authorial obsession with a history, region and concept. The settings are evocative and... there are also some powerful dramatic scenes: the climactic moments where the good and evil women meet and battle it out are particularly compelling... [An] intriguing...passionate book
- SUNDAY TIMESA spellbinding adventure story
- REALLABYRINTH is very much a Girl's Own story: a grail quest in which women aren't helpless creatures to be rescued, or decorative bystanders, but central to the action, with the capacity to change history
- OBSERVERA thumping read: Mosse creates a world so complete I began to miss it before the last page. More intriguing than Dan Brown, a conundrum with lasting depth and vigour, LABYRINTH captivates from the first page until the final twist
-- Denise MinaLabyrinth is a reader's Holy Grail, mixing legend, religion, history, past and present in a heart-wrenching, thrilling tale. Eat your heart out, Dan Brown, this is the real thing
-- Val McDermidThere is nothing like a lovely long luscious journey through the French Pyrenees, and that is what Kate Mosse provides in her latest novel, Labyrinth . . . a spellbinding novel that slips between the present day and the thirteenth century . . . Mosse mixes a Grail adventure with passion and great writing in a book that for once features two feisty lead women
- NEW BOOKSA lovely, intelligent novel of discovery and loss, generous in its historical scope and intimate in its tender details
-- Nicci GerrardSubscribe to get Email Updates!
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