Labyrinth (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 20th anniversary edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: signed bookplate.
Two women, eight centuries apart, are bound together by an ancient secret buried beneath the sun-scorched hills of southern France — Labyrinth by Kate Mosse is a sweeping historical thriller that weaves between medieval Carcassonne in 1209 and the modern-day Languedoc, where twenty-first-century archaeologist Alice Tanner uncovers a cave concealing two skeletons and a ring engraved with an ancient labyrinth symbol. As the Albigensian Crusade tears through the Cathar heartland, young Alaïs is entrusted by her father with guarding the secret of the Holy Grail — a truth so dangerous that armies have killed and will kill again to possess it. The parallel narratives build with mounting urgency, connecting across time through codes, relics, and the enduring courage of women who refuse to let history be erased. Mosse writes with lush, cinematic authority, bringing the walled city of Carcassonne to vivid, tactile life while grounding the supernatural in meticulously researched historical detail. Labyrinth stands as the cornerstone of her acclaimed Languedoc Trilogy, a landmark work of popular historical fiction that proved the genre could be both intellectually rigorous and compulsively readable. The novel's signature blend of Cathar mysticism, Da Vinci Code-style conspiracy, and deeply human emotion leaves the reader with an urgent, unsettling question: what truths are so powerful that they must be hidden for a thousand years?
Author: Kate Mosse
Format: Hardback
Published: 2024, Phoenix
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 20th anniversary edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: signed bookplate.
Two women, eight centuries apart, are bound together by an ancient secret buried beneath the sun-scorched hills of southern France — Labyrinth by Kate Mosse is a sweeping historical thriller that weaves between medieval Carcassonne in 1209 and the modern-day Languedoc, where twenty-first-century archaeologist Alice Tanner uncovers a cave concealing two skeletons and a ring engraved with an ancient labyrinth symbol. As the Albigensian Crusade tears through the Cathar heartland, young Alaïs is entrusted by her father with guarding the secret of the Holy Grail — a truth so dangerous that armies have killed and will kill again to possess it. The parallel narratives build with mounting urgency, connecting across time through codes, relics, and the enduring courage of women who refuse to let history be erased. Mosse writes with lush, cinematic authority, bringing the walled city of Carcassonne to vivid, tactile life while grounding the supernatural in meticulously researched historical detail. Labyrinth stands as the cornerstone of her acclaimed Languedoc Trilogy, a landmark work of popular historical fiction that proved the genre could be both intellectually rigorous and compulsively readable. The novel's signature blend of Cathar mysticism, Da Vinci Code-style conspiracy, and deeply human emotion leaves the reader with an urgent, unsettling question: what truths are so powerful that they must be hidden for a thousand years?