London: Orion Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0752860550 . A gorgeous first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike dust wrapper with a hint of edgewear. SIGNED by author Kate Mosse directly on the title page; An engrossing novel intertwining two tales of suspense: one set in the past and the other in the present ; 8vo; [x], [2]-549, [550] pages; Signed by Author .

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In 1891, young Leonie 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 Leonie 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 Leonie delves deeper into the ancient mysteries of the Domain, a different evil stalks her family—one which may explain why Leonie 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 Rennesles- 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 Leonie Vernier, which may hold the key to this twenty-first century American's fate . . . just as they did to the fate of Leonie Vernier more than a century earlier.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25739
Title: Sepulchre - 1st Edition/1st Impression
Author: Mosse, Kate
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0752860550
ISBN 13: 9780752860558
Publisher: Orion Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2007
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons YuSon, Cons YuSon, Fiction

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