Changeling: 1 - Rilegato

Gregory, Philippa

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ISBN 10: 0857077309 ISBN 13: 9780857077301

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

The first book in Philippa Gregory's thrilling young adult sequence, Order of Darkness. The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old, Luca Vero, is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom, and travel to the very frontier of good and evil. Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her claiming her rich inheritance. As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and all the evidence points to Isolde's criminal guilt. Outside in the yard they are building a pyre to burn her for witchcraft. Forced to face the greatest fears of the medieval world - dark magic, werewolves, madness - Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness.

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Recensione:

"Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told"
The Times on Lady of the Rivers
"Queen of the historical novel" Mail on Sunday
"Gregory makes history come alive... riveting" Sunday Express
"This will be a romping and intriguing historical tale...spiffing stuff." The Daily Telegraph
"The plot is deftly conceived...and the setting richly detailed." The Daily Telegraph

L'autore:

Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the international bestseller The Other Boleyn Girl, which became a major film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. She has written several bestselling novels set in the Tudor period and The Cousins' War series which is to be a major TV production. This book is the first of a new series of novels set in medieval Europe: Order of Darkness.
Philippa's other great interest is the charity that she founded nearly twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for 160 wells for the primary schools of this poor African country. A former student of Sussex University, and a PhD and Alumna of the Year at Edinburgh University, her love of history is the hallmark of her writing. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire. She welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857077309
• ISBN 13: 9780857077301
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272