Kate Mosse Livres

Octobre 1891 : la jeune Léonie Vernier et son frère Anatole quittent Paris pour le Domaine de la Cade, à quelques kilomètres de Carcassonne. Dans les bois qui entourent la maison isolée, Léonie tombe par hasard sur les vestiges d'un sépulcre wisigoth. Au fil de ses recherches, elle découvre l'existence d'un jeu de tarots dont on prétend qu'il détient les pouvoirs de vie et de mort. Octobre 2007 : Meredith Martin arpente les contreforts pyrénéens dans le but d'écrire une biographie de Claude Debussy. Mais elle mène aussi une enquête sur ses propres origines. Armée d'une partition pour piano et d'une vieille photographie, la voilà plongée malgré elle au coeur d'une tragédie remontant à plus d'un siècle, où le destin d'une jeune fille, disparue par une nuit funeste, se mêle inextricablement à une dramatique histoire d'amour.

Juillet 1209 : Dans la cité de Carcassonne, Alaïs, jeune fille de 17 ans reçoit de son père un manuscrit qui, prétend-il, recèle le secret du véritable Graal. Bien qu'elle n'en comprenne ni les symboles ni les mots, elle sait que son destin est d'en assurer la protection. Elle doit, au prix d'une foi inébranlable et de grands sacrifices, préserver le secret du labyrinthe, secret issu des sables de l'ancienne Egypte voilà plusieurs milliers d'années. Juillet 2005 : Lors de fouilles archéologiques aux environs de Carcassonne, Alice Tanner, trébuche sur deux squelettes. Dans la grotte où gisent ces ossements, elle découvre un langage ancien, mais qu'il lui semble possible de déchiffrer, gravé dans la roche. Elle finit par comprendre, mais trop tard, qu'elle vient de déclencher une succession d'événements terrifiants. Son destin est désormais lié à celui que connurent les Cathares, huit siècles auparavant. Traduit de l'anglais par Gérard Marcantonio

Created by Kate Moss herself, in collaboration with creative director Fabien Baron, Jess Hallett, and Jefferson Hack, this book is a highly personal retrospective of Kate Moss's career, tracing her evolution from 'new girl with potential' to one of the most iconic models of all time

Le premier soir je me suis donc endormi sur le sable à mille milles de toute terre habitée. J'étais bien plus isolé qu'un naufragé sur un radeau au milieu de l'océan. Alors vous imaginez ma surprise, au lever du jour, quand une drôle de petite voix m'a réveillé. Elle disait : S'il vous plaît... dessine-moi un mouton ! Hein ! - Dessine-moi un mouton... J'ai sauté sur mes pieds comme si j'avais été frappé par la foudre. Le chef-d'œuvre universel de poésie, d'humanité et d'émotion...

June 1572 marks a tumultuous period in France, where ten years of violent Wars of Religion have pitted neighbors against each other, resulting in immense loss and division over religion and sovereignty. A fragile peace is on the horizon, thanks to a royal wedding orchestrated by Catherine de' Medici and Jeanne d'Albret, uniting the Catholic Crown with Henri, the Huguenot king of Navarre. This marriage has the potential to reunite the fractured nation. Minou Joubert and her family receive an invitation to attend the historic wedding in Paris, unaware that their family's oldest enemy, Vidal, will also be present. The situation escalates dramatically on the eve of the Feast Day of St. Bartholomew, as Minou's family is torn apart and one of her beloved children goes missing. This gripping tale of revenge, persecution, and loss spans from Paris to the City of Tears, Amsterdam, showcasing a family's desperate struggle to stay united and survive against the relentless forces of history. Following the success of a previous bestseller, this novel continues the thrilling narrative of The Burning Chambers series, appealing to fans of historical fiction.

For vintage clothing enthusiasts, British supermodel Kate Moss presents a curated selection of her favorite couture and costume pieces from the Museo de la Moda in Santiago, Chile. This stylish volume celebrates iconic moments in vintage fashion history, showcasing the museum's exquisite collection, which ranges from nineteenth-century Dolman shawls to twenty-first-century Balmain sequin dresses. Founded in 1999 and opened in 2007, the Museo de la Moda is one of the world's most significant yet lesser-known fashion museums, directed by Chile's first textile industry scion, Jorge Yarur Bascuñán. Edited by Moss, with contributions from fashion curator Lydia Kamitsis, the book features one hundred archival pieces organized by fashion theme, including 1920s opera coats and 1960s Swinging London designs. It also highlights iconic pop culture items, such as Marilyn Monroe's black dresses and Jimi Hendrix's Indian tunics. Each chapter includes new images of the selected garments, along with anecdotes and street-style photography of Moss showcasing those trends. This chic volume is sure to captivate Moss's global audience and anyone passionate about style, fashion history, design, and culture.

As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.But most of all, it's a story about love.

À la veille de ses seize ans, Kevin Khatchadourian exécute neuf personnes dans son lycée. A travers des lettres au père dont elle est séparée, sa mère retrace l’itinéraire meurtrier de leur fils. Un roman coup-de-poing, violent, complexe, qui s’attaque aux pires des tabous. The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry Eva never really wanted to be a mother - and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.

A thrilling Gothic story of violence, retribution and justice, adapted for the stage by Kate Mosse from her own internationally best-selling novel.

Carcassonne 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network - codenamed 'Citadel' - is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the sinister battles raging in the shadows around them. As the war reaches its violent and bloody conclusion, Sandrine's fate is tied up with that of three very different men. But who is the real enemy? Who is the real threat? And who is the true guardian of the ancient secrets that for generations have drawn people to the foothills of the Pyrenean mountains?