![]() ![]() ![]() July 1209: in Carcassonne a 17-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. Mosse had originally intended writing a Grail novel exploring the roots of the myth which considerably preceded Christianity, echoing from Ancient Egypt. ![]() But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood.ġ942, Nazi-occupied France. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. ![]()
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