Sepulchre
From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Labyrinth comes another haunting tale of secrets, murder, and the occult set in both nineteenth-century and twenty-first-century France. 1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother Anatole abandon Paris for the sanctuary of...
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Labyrinth comes another haunting tale of secrets, murder, and the occult set in both nineteenth-century and twenty-first-century France.
1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother Anatole abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcasonne, the Domaine of de la Cade. But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood.
2007. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade to research a biography. But Meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and become immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, a unique deck of tarot cards and the strange events of one cataclysmic night a century ago...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780752893969 (0752893963)
Publish date: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 735
Edition language: English
Series: Languedoc (#2)
I started this read in the audio version. The opening setting is in 19th-Century France, and the descriptions of architecture, in particular, of the Palais Garnier, were exquisite. A few weeks later, I saw photographs which a friend took of the same theater, and the majestic description does the bui...
Z trudem doszłam do końca. Po skończeniu lektury odniosłam wrażenie, że prawie nic się nie działo. Było strasznie dużo opisów, co niestety nie zawsze wychodzi na dobre (w tym przypadku stanowcze NIE), a dialogi jakoś wydały mi się mętne.
It kept me reading but didn't really impress. I suppose it's difficult to follow a success like Labyrinth (which I also found engaging but not impressive) and this rides solidly on it's coat tails. I am starting to really dislike novels that have parallel tracks of time and parallel stories happen...
I read Labyrinth on summer holiday years ago and really enjoyed it, but have only just gotten round to reading Mosse’s follow-up novel Sepulchre. Although advertised as a series, I will say now that there was nothing in this novel that will be confusing if you have not read Labyrinth, there’s a refe...
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