'Mosse gives us both the satisfying intricacy of historical fact and a fictional narrative that
carries us along at a rollicking pace . . . Brilliant and well researched . . . The past is
felt deep in the reader's bones' - The Observer A sweeping story of love adventure and
adversity The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to
survive in a hostile land. No word no story no grave . . . Olifantshoek Southern
Africa 1688. 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. Franschhoek Southern Africa 1862. Nearly 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. And that her life too is under threat . . . 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 . 'This is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition' -
The Telegraph ' A fittingly terrific conclusion [to The Joubert Family Chronicles]' - i
newspaper * The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse was a Sunday Times bestseller w c 06-10-24
