The City of Tears

Following #1 Sunday Times bestseller The Burning Chambers, New York Times bestseller Kate Mosse returns with The City of Tears, a sweeping historical epic about love in a time of war.August 1572: Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a royal wedding, an alliance between the Catholic Crown and the Huguenot King of Navarre that is intended to bring peace to France after a decade of religious wars. Also in Paris is their oldest enemy, Vidal, still in pursuit of a relic that will change the course of history. But within days of the marriage, thousands will lie dead in the streets and Minou’s beloved family will be scattered to the four winds...A gripping, breathtaking novel, the action sweeps from Paris, to London, to the city of tears itself, Amsterdam, as master storyteller Kate Mosse continues the story of revenge, love and loss that captivated listeners in The Burning Chambers.