The magnificent French city of Carcassonne – the largest walled city in Europe and a Unesco World Heritage site – is home to perhaps the most majestic medieval castle you will find anywhere: it’s the stuff of children’s fairy tales.
This dramatic setting, where every battlement has a story to tell, is the backdrop to Kate Mosse’s brilliant and hugely popular trilogy of books set in the Languedoc region, which she began in 2005 with the bestselling Labyrinth.
Kate fell under the spell of this wonderful region of France almost 30 years ago, and it has been inspiring her writing ever since.