Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
1 Rating(s)
List: $25.00 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.50

Labyrinth

Author: Kate Mosse

Narrator: Donada Peters

Unabridged: 19 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/07/2006


Synopsis

In the heart of the Pyrenees mountains lies a hidden secret, waiting to be uncovered.

In July 2005, in the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth.

Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. Now, as crusading armies gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take a tremendous sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe.

About The Author

Kate Mosse is the author of eleven novels & short story collections, including the No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles – The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship and The Map of Bones – as well as the multimillion selling Languedoc Trilogy —Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel — and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist's Daughter. Her books have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries. She has also written four works of non-fiction — including her memoir about caring An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World. She has also written four plays, contributed essays and introductions to classic novels and collections. Her novel for Quick Reads, The Black Mountain, was published in 2022 and she contributed a story to the international bestselling Miss Marple Collection of Short Stories, Marple.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on June 16, 2009

For a long time, The Da Vinci Code put me right off books about the Cathars or the Holy Grail, so I was hesitant to pick up Kate Mosse's book. Still, I gave this book a chance, as I'd been impressed with Kate Mosse's work as an interviewer on the BBC's Radio 4. I'm glad that I read it. This book foc......more

Goodreads review by James on April 30, 2023

Book Review 3.5 of 5 stars to Labyrinth, the first book in a three part series entitled "Languedoc," written in 2005 by Kate Mosse. I enjoyed this book. Many people felt it was a bit boring and inconsistent. It was one of the earlier books I read in the adventure genre, around the time I......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 24, 2007

I've read a lot of books on the Holy Grail in my time (some may say an obsessive amount, I prefer to think of myself as thorough) from Le Morte D'Arthur to The Da Vinci Code and sadly this falls into the latter category. The main difference between Kate Mosse and Dan Brown is that Kate appears to ha......more

Goodreads review by Judith on November 06, 2019

Two converging timelines (13th and 21st centuries) portray the never ending quest for the Holy chalice and its contents. There is some interesting historical information, such as the ancient Egyptian origination of the chalice myth and the persecution of the Cathars in southern France by the Catholi......more

Goodreads review by Rusty's Ghost Engine on December 29, 2017

2.5 stars From the start I had a love-hate relationship with this book. One minute I was excited the next I was bored out of my mind. Review at [URL not allowed]......more


Quotes

Elegantly written...An action-packed adventure of modern conspiracy and medieval passion. The Independent [UK]