{"product_id":"the-map-of-bones-9781035042173","title":"The Map of Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant . . . The past is felt deep in the reader's bones' - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, \u003ci\u003eThe Map of Bones \u003c\/i\u003eby Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688.\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, journeys to the Cape of Good Hope in search of her notorious cousin, Louise Reydon-Joubert - who vanished without trace half a century ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862. \u003c\/b\u003eNearly six generations later, Isabelle Joubert Lepard follows in her footsteps, determined to investigate the lives of her ancestors - and to honour their memory - only to discover that the evils of the past, though hidden, are far from buried. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that her life, too, is under threat . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePainstakingly researched and beautifully told, \u003ci\u003eThe Map of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is the triumphant conclusion to Kate Mosse's No.1 international bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe City of Tears \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Ship\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition' - \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA fittingly terrific conclusion [to The Joubert Family Chronicles]' - \u003ci\u003ei \u003c\/i\u003enewspaper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e* The Map of Bones \u003c\/i\u003eby Kate Mosse was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller w\/c 06-10-24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist and non-fiction writer. The author of eleven novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy, The Joubert Family Chronicles (the number one bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Chambers, The City of Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Ship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Map of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e), and number one bestselling Gothic fiction. Her highly acclaimed non-fiction includes \u003ci\u003eAn Extra Pair of Hands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWarrior Queens \u0026amp; Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World\u003c\/i\u003e. The Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, she is the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Kate is a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, President of the Festival of Chichester, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Authors and a Trustee of the British Library.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pan Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603218071826,"sku":"9781035042173","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e80b3c63-28fc-4ba1-989b-555b01c50762.jpg?v=1757430260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-map-of-bones-9781035042173","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}