May 1572: for ten violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. A breathtaking historical novel of revenge, persecution and loss, The City of Tears by Kate Mosse follows on from her Sunday Times number one bestseller, The Burning Chambers. From the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam, Kate Mosse's novel sees the Joubert family caught up in the St Bartholomew's Day massacre and a frightening sequence of events thereafter... A gripping, complex historical novel with vast scope and ambition.