Labyrinth is the first book in the trilogy and takes place in both modern-day and medieval France. Each book follows a different set of characters in different time periods, but all three are connected by a mysterious and ancient secret. Mar 19, 7.30 p.m., British Council, 9 Ethnikis Amyni, Thessaloniki.The Kate Mosse Trilogy is a captivating series of historical fiction novels consisting of three books: Labyrinth, Sepulchre, and Citadel. Mar 18, 8 p.m., British Council, 17 Kolonaki Sq, Athens.

Nicola Rehling from Aristotle University’s School of English, will facilitate the discussion in Thessaloniki. In Athens, Mosse will be in conversation with Scottish writer Paul Johnston. Labyrinth is published in Greece by Kedros, which will also bring out «Sepulchre» later this year. Mosse’s new best-seller «Sepulchre,» currently on the UK best-seller list, a mystery of revenge and obsession, is also set in southern France. Now, as crusading armies gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take a tremendous sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. Eight hundred years earlier: On the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. July 2005: In the Pyrenees near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer on an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery – two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth. «Labyrinth» brings together the lives of two women who are separated by time but united by a shared destiny. It was chosen as one of Waterstone’s Top 100 novels of the past 25 years and was voted the Richard & Judy Read of the Year 2006. It is an international No 1 best-seller, and has been translated into 37 languages including Greek. Author, broadcaster, co-founder of the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Award for New Writers, an arts administrator and creative-writing teacher, Mosse had already had a high-profile career in the arts, when her third novel, «Labyrinth,» became a UK and international best-seller. Kate Mosse, author of the best-selling novel «Labyrinth,» will be in Greece next week to meet the public for the British Council’s UK Writers in Greece series.

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