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Changeling

by Philippa Gregory Book 1 in the Order of Darkness series.

First published 2012

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4.0(2,622)

Italy, 1460. Luca Vero is expelled from his monastery after questioning accepted teaching and is recruited into the secret Order of Darkness to investigate supposed signs of the approaching end of days. His first mission concerns a convent whose nuns appear to be suffering possession and madness.

The abbess Isolde has been confined there by a brother determined to control her inheritance. Luca, Isolde, Ishraq, Freize and Brother Peter uncover human schemes behind apparent supernatural events and begin a journey across a Europe shaped by fear, faith and new inquiry.

Historical Periods

Fall of Constantinople1453 CE Medieval Italy476–1494 CE Rise of the Ottoman Empire1299–1453 CE

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Children’s & Young Adult Fiction Crime & Mystery Historical Fantasy

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