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The Map of Bones

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The stunning conclusion to The Joubert Family Chronicles has arrived.'Mosse is a master storyteller' - Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of CirceA sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is the sequel to the number one bestselling The Ghost Ship.Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from the south-east, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through the deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, arrives in search of her cousin - the notorious she-captain and pirate commander Louise Reydon-Joubert - who landed at the Cape of Good Hope more than sixty years before, then disappeared without a trace . . .Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862. Nearly one hundred and eighty years after Suzanne's perilous journey, another intrepid woman of the Joubert family - Isabelle Lepard - has journeyed to the small frontier town once known as Oliftantshoek in search of her long-lost relations. Intent on putting the women of her family back into the history books, she quickly discovers that the tragedies and crimes of the past are far from over. Isabelle faces a race against time if she is not only going to discover the truth, but also escape with her life . . .Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones is the fourth - and final - novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship.Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:'Historical fiction to devour' - Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of The Twist of the Knife, on The Burning Chambers'An utterly absorbing epic' - Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment, on The City of Tears'Meticulously researched and stunningly written' - Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of Wait for Me, on The Ghost Ship.

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ISBN: 9781035042166
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Author: Kate Mosse
Publisher: Mantle an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 480 pages
Series: The Joubert Family Chronicles
Genres: Historical Fiction
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages
Historical adventure fiction
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