Tannhauser 02: The Twelve Children of Paris

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Paris, August 23rd, 1572.What do you do when your wife disappears...In the middle of the bloodiest massacre in European history...And you know she is about to give birth to your only child?Three
wars of religion have turned Paris into a foetid cauldron of hatred,
intrigue and corruption. The Royal Wedding, intended to heal the wounds,
has served only to further poison the fanatics of either creed. But
Carla could not have known that when she accepted an invitation to the
ceremony. When Mattias Tannhauser rides into town, on Saint
Bartholomew's Eve, his only intention is to find her and take her home.
But as the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots begins, and the
city plunges into anarchy, Carla is abducted by Grymonde, the grotesque
gang leader of the Yards, and Tannhauser finds himself imprisoned in the
Louvre, at the centre of a vicious conspiracy. Wanted by the
law, the assassins' guild, and a militant army who call themselves the
Pilgrims of Saint-Jacques, Tannhauser must rise to pitiless extremes
even he has never known before. With no one to help him but a stable
boy, he wades a river of blood without knowing what lies on the other
side. As he harrows Hell in search of his belovedHis destiny is changed forever byThe Twelve Children Of Paris...