false 498835 21 From the author of the New York Times— bestselling novel Labyrinth comes another haunting tale of secrets, murder, and the occult set in both nineteenth-century and twenty-first-century France. In 1891, young Léonie Vernier and her brother Anatole arrive in the beautiful town of Rennes-les-Bains, in southwest France. They've come at the invitation of their widowed aunt, whose mountain estate, Domain de la Cade, is famous in the region. But it soon becomes clear that their aunt Isolde—and the Domain—are not what Léonie had imagined. The villagers claim that Isolde's late husband died after summoning a demon from the old Visigoth sepulchre high on the mountainside. A book from the Domain's cavernous library describes the strange tarot pack that mysteriously disappeared following the uncle's death. But while Léonie delves deeper into the ancient mysteries of the Domain, a different evil stalks her family—one which may explain why Léonie and Anatole were invited to the sinister Domain in the first place. More than a century later, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives in France to study the life of Claude Debussy, the nineteenth century French composer. In Rennes-les-Bains, Meredith checks into a grand old hotel—the Domain de la Cade. Something about the hotel feels eerily familiar, and strange dreams and visions begin to haunt Meredith's waking hours. A chance encounter leads her to a pack of tarot cards painted by Léonie Vernier, which may hold the key to this twenty-first century American's fate . . . just as they did to the fate of Léonie Vernier more than a century earlier. 1027521 book 31 10 2007 Sepulchre total:1274|5:196|4:474|3:426|2:139|1:39| 1274 4471 2155 301 4 1 false false Thu Nov 20 05:59:30 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 05:59:30 -0800 2008
Since I listened to snippets of this book over a couple of weeks commuting here and there,I can't testify to the writing as much as to the well-read presentation of the audiobook. I enjoyed the novel's 1890s sections more than the present-day story that overlaps setting...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 07:42:54 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 01:53:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jun 10 10:17:39 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 06:31:07 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:17:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 06 09:45:19 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 23:04:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 14:45:02 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 14:55:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon May 12 11:09:39 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 01:47:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 04:33:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 04:33:57 -0800 2009
In the past - we have Leonie - 17 years old and her brother Anatole. they are in Paris at the turn of the century at a stage...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 21:39:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 21:48:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jun 15 08:42:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 04:39:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 12:58:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:22:21 -0700 2009 juddered." Used in the context of this novel (and it was used twice), it was something like "juddered to a halt." Now... I've never seen this word before, but it certainly made...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:18:21 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 18:07:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 15:14:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 01:48:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 13:16:30 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 13:21:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 14:43:47 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:56:03 -0700 2009
This is a story of past and present converging to reveal unjust happenings that need to be ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:00:48 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 13:36:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 17:51:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:35:18 -0700 2009
In "Sepulchre," Mosse again uses the plot concept of past and present intertwined via an artifact; a fin de siecle tar...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 07:16:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 07:16:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 21:25:03 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 18:54:30 -0700 2009 about this topic, or maybe one day get a reading done for myself. But what is holding me back is the part I've heard (more than once) t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 12:35:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 12:37:23 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 02:17:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 02:23:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2223369