Kate Mosse

Feminist History for Every Day of the Year by bestselling author and feminist champion Kate Mosse tells the story of women's and girls' history, sweeping across the world and through the ages. Discover something new every day in this brilliant gift for readers of all ages. From Mary Anning to Simone Biles, Billie Eilish to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Malala Yousafzai to Mary Wollstonecraft, discover the stories of 366 incredible women throughout history. Within these pages you'll find well known figures and unsung heroes, key cultural moments and forgotten stories, spanning across the world and through time, from ancient times to the modern day. With a piece of history for every day of the year, this is the perfect book to dip into time and time again. Full of quotes, poems, illustrations and pictures, Feminist History for Every Day of the Year is for all ages, celebrating and championing an inspiring history that is relevant to us all. What will you discover today? Who will you discover today?

Moving, 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 movement * Ethel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuoso * Anne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and rogue * Pauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyer * Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctor * Doria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women’s liberation leader * Cornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women’s rights campaigner * Shirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidate And 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 . . .

A swashbuckling story of piracy. A dangerous escape from persecution. And a secret romance between two lovers — neither of whom are quite what they seem. From number one bestselling author Kate Mosse, The Ghost Ship is the third volume in the enthralling and epic 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 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.

Pokračovanie úspešnej historickej série Oheň nás spasí. FRANCÚZSKO MÁJ 1572 Celé desaťročie zúrili vo Francúzsku náboženské vojny. Zo susedov sa stali nepriatelia a krajinu rozoštvali otázky viery, občianstva a zvrchovanosti. Napokon však zavládol neistý mier a dohodnutá kráľovská svadba by mohla konečne znova zjednotiť Francúzsko. Minou Joubertová s rodinou dostala pozvanie na veľkolepú udalosť, ale netuší, že svadby sa zúčastní aj Vidal, starý nepriateľ Joubertovcov. A nevie ani to, že niekoľko dní po obrade, v predvečer sviatku svätého Bartolomeja, sa jej rodina rozdelí a jedno z jej milovaných detí zmizne bez stopy... Príbeh, ktorý sa odohráva v Paríži a Chartres, ale aj v samom Meste sĺz – v útočisku, ktorým je Amsterdam –, zobrazuje snahu rodiny ostať pokope a prežiť v ničivom toku dejín.

Pokračovanie úspešnej historickej série Oheň nás spasí FRANCÚZSKO MÁJ 1572 Celé desaťročie zúrili vo Francúzsku náboženské vojny. Zo susedov sa stali nepriatelia a krajinu rozoštvali otázky viery, občianstva a zvrchovanosti. Napokon však zavládol neistý mier a dohodnutá kráľovská svadba by mohla konečne znova zjednotiť Francúzsko. Minou Joubertová s rodinou dostala pozvanie na veľkolepú udalosť, ale netuší, že svadby sa zúčastní aj Vidal, starý nepriateľ Joubertovcov. A nevie ani to, že niekoľko dní po obrade, v predvečer sviatku svätého Bartolomeja, sa jej rodina rozdelí a jedno z jej milovaných detí zmizne bez stopy... Príbeh, ktorý sa odohráva v Paríži a Chartres, ale aj v samom Meste sĺz – v útočisku, ktorým je Amsterdam –, zobrazuje snahu rodiny ostať pokope a prežiť v ničivom toku dejín. Z anglického originálu The City of Tears (Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, London 2021) preložila Tamara Chovanová.

The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s historical epic The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first volume in the sweeping, spellbinding series, The Joubert Family Chronicles. Carcassonne, 1562. Nineteen-year-old Catholic Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou’s help if he is to get out of La Cité alive . . . A thrilling adventure and a heartbreaking love story, The Burning Chambers is the first novel in Kate Mosse's enthralling, meticulously researched historical series. It is followed by The City of Tears.

Sunday Times 'Best Paperbacks of 2022' 'Feisty female characters, a plot of heart-stopping jeopardy and evocative settings' Daily Mail 'Mosse is a master storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of Circe 'Magnificent, epic' Marian Keyes Sweeping from Paris and Chartres to the City of Tears itself - the great refugee city of Amsterdam - this is a story of one family's fight to stay together and survive against the devastating tides of history . . . May 1572: for ten violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance and a royal wedding has been negotiated. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last. An invitation has arrived for Minou Joubert and her family to attend this historic wedding in Paris in August. But what Minou does not know is that the Joubert family's oldest enemy, Vidal, will also be there. Nor that, within days of the marriage, on the eve of the Feast Day of St Bartholomew, her family will be scattered to the four winds and one of her beloved children will have disappeared without trace . . .

Franciaország, 1562. Az ország a vallásháború tüzében ég. A 19 éves Minou Joubert titokzatos levelet kap apja carcassonne-i könyvesboltjában. Az ismeretlen családi címerrel lepecsételt levél csupán három szóból áll: TUDJA, HOGY ÉLSZ. A rejtélyes üzenettel szinte egy időben tűnik fel életében Piet Reydon, és kettejük találkozása mindent megváltoztat: a hugenotta fiúnak titkos küldetést kell végrehajtania, a katolikus lány segítsége nélkül pedig esélye sincs élve elhagyni a várost… Miközben testvér fordul testvér ellen, és Franciaországot tűz és vér borítja el, Minou és Piet sorsa elválaszthatatlanul összefonódik - életben és halálban. A neves brit írónő, KATE MOSSE könyve elképesztő részletességgel és élénk színekkel kelti életre a 16. századi Franciaországot. Ideális olvasmány Robert Merle Francia históriája, valamint a jó történelmi regények rajongói számára.

* The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller * From the multi-million, number one bestselling author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter, comes The Burning Chambers: a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets, conspiracies and divided loyalties, for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown. Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou's help if he is to get out of La Cite alive . . . A thrilling adventure, and a heart-breaking love story, The Burning Chambers is a historical novel of excitement, conspiracy and danger like no other . . .

Sussex 1912 Na anglickom vidieku vládne len zdanlivý pokoj. V starobylej dedine Fishbourne si povery zachovávajú smrtiacu moc. Jedného dňa sa na cintoríne po zotmení zhromaždia dedinčania, aby uvideli prízraky ľudí, ktorí v priebehu roka zomrú. Medzi zvedavcami je aj dcéra miestneho čudáka Gifforda, preparátora vtákov. Constantia Giffordová žije s otcom v rozpadávajúcom sa dome Blackthorn House. Vypchaté zvieratá vyšli z módy, zmenili sa na nechcené haraburdy a z Gifforda sa stal zatrpknutý opilec. Constantia by mu rada pomohla, no nevie ako. Na polovicu svojho života si nepamätá, pretože ako dvanásťročná si pri páde vážne zranila hlavu. Otec s ňou o nehode odmieta hovoriť a Connie cíti, že ho trápi hanba a vina. Ľudia čakajú, zvon zazvoní a všetky oči sa uprú na kostol. Nikto nevidí ruky v rukaviciach, ktoré držia vražednú zbraň. V tento magický večer jedna žena umrie. Connie si láme hlavu, kto je vrah a prečo sa vražda stala kľúčom k jej pamäti. Odrazu sa jej totiž vracajú znepokojivé spomienky. Pozná tú záhadnú postavu, čo sa túla po močariskách? Kto jej na rohožke zanechal nepodpísaný odkaz? A aké je tajomstvo domu Blackthorn House, ukryté medzi bizarnými i desivými dielami starého Gifforda?

July 1209: in Carcassonne a 17-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais 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: 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's disturbed something that was meant to remain hidden. Somehow, a link to a horrific past - her past - has been revealed.

The perfect winter ghost short story collection from the No.1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE WINTER GHOSTS. I hear someone coming. It has happened before. I pause and listen but no longer hear anything. I sigh. As always, hope is snatched away before it can take root. And so then, as always, I am carried back to that first December so very long ago...Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking revenge, grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny.

Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to walk. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At twenty-two, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it contains all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of taxidermy. The stuffed birds that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man. The string of events that led to the museum's closure are never spoken of and an accident has robbed Connie of any memory of those days. The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the church. No one sees the gloved hands holding a garotte. As the last notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead. While the village braces itself against rising waters and the highest tide of the season, Connie struggles to discover who is responsible - and why the incident is causing memories to surface from her own vanished years. Does she know the figure she sees watching from the marshes? Who is the mysterious caller that leaves a note without being seen? And what is the secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House, hidden among the bell jars of her father's workshop? The Taxidermist's Daughter is the stunning new novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author, Kate Mosse.

Odvážná a energická dívka Sandrine zjistí, že ji události vtáhly do odboje proti německé okupaci. A stane se součástí odbojové organizace s krycím označením „Citadela“, složené z obyčejných žen odhodlaných nasadit všechno a dovést do konce děsivý boj stínové války zuřící všude kolem nich. Jih Francie je sice „svobodná zóna“ a Němci jej neobsadili, ale Pétainova vláda ve Vichy s nimi kolaboruje a nikdo vlastně pořádně neví, kdo je přítel a kdo nepřítel. Válka se nevyhnutelně blíží ke svému krvavému a strašnému závěru a Sandrine zjistí, že její osud je spojen se třemi velice odlišnými muži. Kdo je ale skutečný nepřítel? Od koho hrozí největší nebezpečí? A kdo je tím pravým strážcem pradávných tajemství, jež už po celá pokolení přitahují do podhůří Pyrenejí mnohé pátrače? Sandrine hledá nejen pravdu sama o sobě a svou lásku, ale také prastarý text, který, i když to zní neuvěřitelně, by snad mohl změnit osud války.

The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief, Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees - another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Shaken, he stumbles into the woods, emerging by a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful local woman, also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories of remembrance and loss. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries. By turns thrilling, poignant and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage. THE WINTER GH OSTS is the gripping new adventure from the No 1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and SEPULCHRE.

October 1891: A young girl, Léonie Vernier, and her brother, Anatole, are invited to leave the gas-lit streets of Paris and travel south to a mysterious country house - La Domaine de la Cade - near Carcassonne. There, in the ancient, dark woods, Leonie comes across a ruined sepulchre and is drawn into a century's old mystery of murder, ghosts and a strange set of tarot cards that seem to hold enormous power over life and death. October 2007: Meredith Martin decides to take a break from her research trip in Paris - where she is studying Claude Debussy - and head down south to a beautiful hotel in the woods. She becomes fascinated by the history of the place and particularly by the tragic events of one Halloween night more than a century before that shocked the small community. Thus her fate becomes entwined with that of Leonie. But it is only when she too stumbles over a secluded glade in the forest that she realises that the secrets it contains are far from dead and buried... A haunting mystery of revenge and obsession, set against the rich backdrop of southern France, SEPULCHRE is a stunning novel from the bestselling author of LABYRINTH.