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The map of bones
Mosse, Kate, 1961-2024
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The Map of Bones an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land.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 and courageous 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 crimes and tragedies still shadow the present. And now, Isabelle faces a race against time if she is to discover the truth, and escape with her life . .
Main title:
The map of bones / by Kate Mosse.
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Imprint:
London : Mantle, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
xvi, 461 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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"Their journey is over. But the adventure has jut begun."-- On cover.
ISBN:
9781035042166 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
502991
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