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'contains all the classic ingredients of a spectral yarn...Readers can enjoy being spooked, while deeper emotions are being subtly stirred underneath.' -- Helen Brown DAILY TELEGRAPH 'readable, affecting and nicely done' -- Natalie Young TIMES 'The writing is highly charged, and the story poignant' -- Elizabeth Buchan SUNDAY TIMES 'An absolutely charming book -- I loved it!' CANDIS 'Mosse has created a chilling tale with a warm ending. The perfect winter buy.' STYLIST 'A ghost story...whose power comes from its haunting portrait of Freddie and a life stalled by bereavement.' DAILY MAIL 'Haunting and heartbreaking.' -- Charlotte Vowden DAILY EXPRESS 'The Winter Ghosts sees Mosse writing at her most taut and succinct.' -- Emma Hagestadt INDEPENDENT 'Mosse weaves her engaging tale with a delicate touch, dropping clues to her mystery in the form of colours and sounds.' -- Jane Housham GUARDIAN 'Poignant and haunting' BEST 'Draw the curtains, snuggle by the fire - this captivating ghost story is perfect company for the long winter nights ahead.' SOUTH WALES ARGUS 'Perfect for reading by the fire on chill winter evenings, this bewitching tale of love, loss, and the ghosts of the past will hold the reader spellbound.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief, Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees - another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. Shaken, he stumbles into the woods, emerging by a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful local woman, also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories of remembrance and loss. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries. By turns thrilling, poignant and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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deja vu?, Mar 17 2011
By Jessica Lynn - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Winter Ghosts (Hardcover)
I absolutely loved Kate Moss's previous books and was eager to read this one. When I started to read the book, it was all too familiar to me. I realized that I already read this book! She had written a young adult book, titled 'The Cave' that I read a while back. This is the same book-- no significant alterations, if any! I was very disappointed to waste money on a book I already read-- with just a new name and face. I feel very cheated... and this is the first and only review I have written on Amazon!The Cave (Quick Reads)
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A pleasantly eerie tale that leaves you wanting more, Feb 4 2011
By Cathy G. Cole - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Winter Ghosts (Hardcover)
First Line: He walked like a man recently returned to the world.It is 1928, and Freddie is still mourning the death of his older brother in World War I. Traveling as a way to both learn and escape, he finds himself high in the French Pyrenees. He loses control of his car in a snowstorm and is forced to walk through the woods until he finds a small village where he can take refuge until his car is repaired.
Invited to a village celebration, Freddie meets the beautiful and ethereal Fabrissa who is also mourning the loss of loved ones. During the course of the night, Freddie and Fabrissa share their stories, and when dawn breaks, Freddie not only uncovers an ancient mystery, he also discovers his own role in the life of this remote village.
Having previously read Mosse's other two novels, Labyrinth and Sepulchre, I expected an engrossing tale densely layered with the atmosphere and history of the French Pyrenees. I was not disappointed. Almost from the moment Freddie stepped foot in the quiet, tiny village, the hairs on the back of my neck began to prickle. He was a young man so in need of being rescued-- and of being the rescuer-- that I couldn't help but keep my fingers crossed as he navigated the streets of an ancient place where nothing was really as it seemed to be.
The only quibble I have with this book is that, at one third the size of her previous two novels, I felt a bit cheated. The marvelous atmosphere had time to build only so far before the tale was finished, and my unease allowed to melt away like wisps of fog. If the book hadn't felt so rushed, I would now be waving it around in the air exclaiming, "You've gotta read this!"
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Freddie, Mar 12 2011
By Linda Pagliuco "katknit" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Winter Ghosts (Hardcover)
Kate Mosse has taken the history of the Cathars, a persecuted religious sect in 14th century France, and made it her own. In her third novel, The Winter Ghosts, she departs from the archaeo-thriller genre to try her hand at a ghost story. Freddie Watson has lost ten years of his life to his grief over the death of his beloved brother in the Great War. Having recovered from a severe breakdown, he's mentally and physically fragile, and his physician recommends an extended holiday. Freddie decides to drive through the Languedoc, and, caught in a snowstorm in the Pyrennees, he crashes his car and must take refuge in a remote village. He's struck by the loneliness of Nulle, but is grateful to be given shelter by a kindly woman who runs a small inn. She invites him to the village fete, to which everyone wears medieval clothing. Feeling rather silly, he accepts, and is pleased to make the acquaintance of a lovely young woman in a long blue robe. Both Freddie and Fabrissa have suffered shattering losses, and they are drawn to each other, sharing their experiences throughout the long evening.Ms. Mosse populates this evocative tale with cobbled lanes, hidden caves, mysterious ruins, and mountainous pathways. Because Freddie is psychologically exhausted, he's also more susceptible to the vibrations of violence, death, mourning, and compassion. Little by little, he comes to understand the shadows which darken Nulle, and to find release from his own shadowy struggle. Did he encounter some sort of "time-slip", or is his awakening attributable to his own psychological healing?
While this is no horror story, The Winter Ghosts, with its restrained yet evocative prose and atmospheric setting, may continue to haunt you long after the last page has been turned.
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