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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPHS
HISTORICAL NOTE
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
PROLOGUE
FRANSCHHOEK
February 1862
PART ONE
AMSTERDAM & PUIVERT
May & June 1572
CHAPTER ONE
BEGIJNHOF, AMSTERDAM
Thursday, 22 May 1572
CHAPTER TWO
Two Weeks Later
CHTEAU DE PUIVERT, LANGUEDOC
Friday, 6 June
CHAPTER THREE
SAINT-ANTONIN, QUERCY
CHAPTER FOUR
CHTEAU DE PUIVERT, LANGUEDOC
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
LIMOGES, LIMOUSIN
Saturday, 7 June
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHTEAU DE PUIVERT, LANGUEDOC
CHAPTER NINE
PUIVERT WOODS
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
PART TWO
AMSTERDAM & PARIS
June, July &August 1572
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
BEGIJNHOF, AMSTERDAM
Monday, 9 June 1572
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Three Weeks Later
CHTEAU DE PUIVERT, LANGUEDOC
Sunday, 29 June
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
LIMOGES, LIMOUSIN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Two Weeks Later
RUE DES BARRES, PARIS
Sunday, 17 August
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
LA SAINTE-CHAPELLE, ÎLE DE LA CITÉ
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
LA SAINTE-CHAPELLE, ÎLE DE LA CITÉ
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
HÔTEL DE BOURBON
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
PALAIS DE LOUVRE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
RUE DES BARRES
Monday, 18 August
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME, ÎLE DE LA CITÉ
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
RUE DES BARRES
Friday, 22 August
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
RUE DE BÉTHISY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
RUE DE BÉTHISY
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
RUE DU LOUVRE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
ORLÉANAIS
Saturday, 23 August
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
EVREUX ESTATE
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
RUE DU LOUVRE
PARIS
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
CHAPTER FORTY
RUE DU LOUVRE
Sunday, 24 August, Feast Day of St Bartholomew
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
RUE DE BÉTHISY
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
RUE DU LOUVRE
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
RUE DES BARRES
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
RUE DU LOUVRE
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
ÎLE DE LOUVIERS
PART THREE
AMSTERDAM & CHARTRES
May 1578
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
Six Years Later
ZEEDIJK, AMSTERDAM
Saturday, 24 May 1578
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
CHAPTER FIFTY
WARMOESSTRAAT
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
ZEEDIJK
AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
WARMOESSTRAAT
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
RUE VIEILLE DU TEMPLE, PARIS
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
LASTAGE, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
WARMOESSTRAAT
CHAPTER SIXTY
ZEEDIJK
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
EVREUX ESTATE, CHARTRES
Sunday, 25 May 1578
CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
ZEEDIJK, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
EVREUX ESTATE, CHARTRES
CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
ZEEDIJK, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
PLAATS
Monday, 26 May
CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
PLAATS
CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
PLAATS
CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
EVREUX ESTATE, ORLÉANAIS
CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
SINT ANTONIESPOORT, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER SEVENTY
SINT ANTONIESPOORT
CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
ZEEDIJK
PART FOUR
AMSTERDAM & CHARTRES
July & August 1584
CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
Six Years Later
ZEEDIJK, AMSTERDAM
Friday, 13 July 1584
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
THE RELIQUARY CHARTRES
CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
ZEEDIJK, AMSTERDAM
Friday, 20 July
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
CHARTRES
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
WARMOESSTRAAT, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
EVREUX ESTATE, CHARTRES
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
DAMRAK, AMSTERDAM
CHAPTER EIGHTY
Four Weeks Later
RUE DE LA POISSONNERIE, CHARTRES
Tuesday, 21 August
CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
CHARTRES COUNTRYSIDE, ORLÉANAIS
CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
EVREUX ESTATE
CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
EVREUX ESTATE
Wednesday, 22 August
CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
RUE DE LA POISSONNERIE, CHARTRES
CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
EVREUX ESTATE
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
THE RELIQUARY
CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
CHAPTER NINETY
CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
Two Days Later
CHARTRES ESTATES
Thursday, 23 August
CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
ZEEDIJK
Two months later Wednesday, 31 October
EPILOGUE
CHARTRES
February 1594
Ten Years Later
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
Sunday, 27 February 1594
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ALSO BY KATE MOSSE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either p
roducts of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
MINOTAUR BOOKS. Copyright © 2020 by Mosse Associates Ltd. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mosse, Kate, 1961– author.
Title: The city of tears: a novel / Kate Mosse.
Description: First U.S. edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2020. | Series: The burning chambers; 2 | Originally published in Great Britain by Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020009558 | ISBN 9781250202185 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250202192 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Saint Bartholomew’s Day, Massacre of, France, 1572—Fiction. | France—History—Henry IV, 1589–1610—Fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Love stories.
Classification: LCC PR6113.O884 C69 2020 | DDC 823/.92—dc23
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