Citadel

Author Kate Mosse
Narrator Finty Williams
Publisher Orion
Run Time 1 day and 3 hours
Format Audio
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.

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What to expect

1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right.

And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other.

But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow - where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace - love can demand the highest price of all...

Read by Finty Williams

(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group

Critics Review

A lovely, fat, comfy wodge of a book, packed with suspense and romance … A thrilling adventure and a truly epic love story

THE TIMES

A breathtaking tale of daring and sacrifice that makes a triumphant finale to Mosse’s Languedoc trilogy

WOMAN & HOME

The much-anticipated third part of Kate Mosse’s Languedoc trilogy is finally here … This action-packed epic contains everything we’ve come to expect – mystery, adventure and long-buried secrets just waiting to be uncovered

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

A deeply satisfying literary adventure, brimming with all the romance, treachery and cliffhangers you would expect from the genre. It is also steeped in a passion for the region, its history and legends, and that magical shadow world where the two meet

OBSERVER

Nobody beats Mosse for local texture and atmosphere. As the call to the resistance sounds over the land, she orchestrates a shattering climax

SUNDAY TIMES

Mosse has a masterly feel for time and place . . . A remarkable achievement

Daily Express

Expect an energetic mystery about Nazi-occupied France

EASY LIVING

A suitably thumping and satisfying conclusion to Mosse’s world-conquering Languedoc trilogy

READER'S DIGEST

Mosse’s writing is so evocative you can almost feel the Midi sun on her characters necks, as well as the frantic beating of their hearts

MAIL ON SUNDAY

It’s a proper adventure story, engrossing and packed with suspense at every turn of the page

METRO

As with it’s predecessors, the deeper theme of Citadel is the fight against the evil of intolerance. Mosse’s descriptions of the majestic stone ruins of Carcassonne and the idyllic landscape around it shimmer with authenticity

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Citadel, the concluding volume of Mosse’s French Trilogy, is also her best … Fans can expect a passionate finale to a series rooted in a region where history and legend lock horns

INDEPENDENT

The sense of setting and period seeps from every page … we live through plucky Sandrine’s life and loves in the French Resistance, all the way to the powerful and utterly shattering end.

STAR magazine

As with the first two books a touch of the gothic and a dash of the occult run through the writing, but the balance between the distant and recent past is here at its best

SUNDAY TIMES

Infused with local atmosphere and featuring a wealth of fascinating historical information, the novel combines a thrilling adventure with an epic love story

FRANCE MAGAZINE

The thrilling conclusion to her Languedoc trilogy . . . a mix of Girls Own adventure and wrenching war history

Sunday Times

Full of action, romance and supernatural mystery, it cracks along at a great pace, making it an engaging and easy read

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