SEPULCHRE is a compulsive, fantastical, historical yarn. Mosse's skill lies in the precise nature of her storytelling - OBSERVER

Ghosts, duels, murders, ill-fated love and conspiracy ... addictively readable - DAILY MAIL

[Mosse is] a powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Brilliantly absorbing ... Richly evocative and full of compelling twists and turns - RED

Mosse's gifts for historical fiction are considerable ... Mosse does what good popular historical novelists do best - make the past enticingly otherworldly, while also claiming it as our own - INDEPENDENT

The best of the Brits ... Where Mosse really wins is in the writing department. She's the real role model there - DAILY MIRROR

Her narrative lyricism, beautifully drawn female characters and deft journey from the past to the present day, are also a cut above - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist and playwright. With sales of more than 8 million copies worldwide, her books have been translated into 37 languages and published in 40 countries. Her fiction includes the Languedoc trilogy (Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel), the gothic novels The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter, a short story collection (The Mistletoe Bride) and more recently a historical adventure series, The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears. Her non-fiction includes the highly-acclaimed memoir An Extra Pair of Hands and she is working on a book and television series based on her global 'Woman in History' campaign. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Kate is a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing and Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. An interviewer and presenter, she hosts the pre-show series at Chichester Festival Theatre, chairs Platform events for the National Theatre and is an Ambassador for Parkinson's UK. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women.