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ClareR (5686 KP) rated The City of Tears (The Burning Chambers #2) in Books

Feb 6, 2021  
The City of Tears (The Burning Chambers #2)
The City of Tears (The Burning Chambers #2)
Kate Mosse | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
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The story of Minou and Piet continues, starting with their idyllic lives in Puivert: Minou is the chatelaine, and Piet has returned from fighting for the Huguenot cause. They have two children: Marta, a precocious little girl, and their baby son Jean-Jacques. As a family they decide to travel to Paris for the wedding of the Catholic Marguerite de Valois (the King’s sister) and the Protestant Henri of Navarre (the first Bourbon King of France - and I never know whether to think of the biscuit or the drink whenever I hear the word ‘Bourbon’ 🤷🏼‍♀️). Their union is hoped to end the religious wars in France.

But of course nothing goes to plan. Cardinal Valentin is there in his role as the Duke of Guise’s confessor, and he’s out for revenge. The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre tears Minou and Piet’s family apart so that it is forever changed.

I don’t want to give too much away, but I will say that Minou and Piet end up in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam their is a peaceful change in power from Catholic to Protestant. It’s interesting to see how their lives change, and how they are able to live in relative peace and cooperation with their Catholic friends and neighbours. It’s no less exciting than The Burning Chambers though. The family’s adventures take them back to France and in to more danger.

 I loved all of the historical detail, and the thoughts and beliefs around religion at this time - and I cannot wait to read the next TWO books in this series! I’m hooked!

Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for this serialisation - it was outstanding!
  
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Fatoumata Diawara recommended Lamomali by Mathieux Chedid, Toumani Diabete & Fatoumata Diawara in Music (curated)

 
Lamomali by Mathieux Chedid, Toumani Diabete & Fatoumata Diawara
Lamomali by Mathieux Chedid, Toumani Diabete & Fatoumata Diawara
2017 | Pop
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"We did this collaboration with Toumani and Mathieux, a French artist. We met on the road, at different festivals. Mathieux is big in France - He's like Damon Albarn in the UK. I loved this project because it was my first time collaborating with a French artist. It's also a different type of singing. It's very fragile, nobody did it before: singing in French and singing in Bambara. It was difficult to find the middle. But in the end it worked, so I'm really proud of this project."

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Bertrand Bonello recommended Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) in Movies (curated)

 
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
1976 | Action, Crime, Thriller
7.9 (25 Ratings)
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"This movies brings me back to my first years discovering cinema. In the South of France, where I grew up, the first video-clubs were in newsagents. One could mostly find horror and porn movies. This is how I discovered Carpenter, Argento, Cronenberg. In Assault on Precinct 13 and in a lot of other Carpenter films a man is trying to reconstruct society. At the time, horror films were rooted in real emotions and actual fears, like Dario Argento’s fear of the Red Brigades."

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