Mosse gives us both the satisfying intricacy of historical fact and a fictional narrative that carries us along at a rollicking pace. The long, rich, tragic history of the Huguenots deserved a series of novels as brilliant and well researched as [ The Joubert Family Chronicles], in which the past is felt deep in the readers bones * The Observer * The fourth and final instalment in Mosses Joubert Family Chronicles . . . this is adventure-stuffed historical fiction in the grand tradition * The Telegraph * [ The Map of Bones] demonstrates Mosses skill in constructing a multi-stranded narrative and filling it with memorable characters * The Sunday Times * The fourth instalment in Mosses Joubert Family Chronicles is a fittingly terrific conclusion, with intrepid women, perilous journeys, a search for the truth, and a narrative spanning 17th to 19th century South Africa, it's a gripping, atmospheric novel * i * A sprawling, epic about women adventurers over the centuries that takes us around the globe . . . Thrilling, compelling, a page-turning read -- Nuaia McGovern * BBC Womans Hour *
