Informationen zum Autor PHILIPPA GREGORY is one of the world's foremost historical novelists. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. Now a recognised authority on women's history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016 was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers' Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Neilsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. She welcomes visitors to her site www.PhilippaGregory.com. Charlie Cox appears in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and played the Duke of Crowborough in the series Downton Abbey. He is well-known for playing Tristan in Matthew Vaughn's film, Stardust, and Lorenzo in the Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino. His theatre credits include Harold Pinter's The Lover & The Collection in the West End, and Kleist's The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse. Klappentext The first book in the thrilling YA 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. Zusammenfassung The first in an exciting and atmospheric new YA series from the Queen of Historical Fiction!...

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The first book in the thrilling YA 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.

Zusammenfassung
The first in an exciting and atmospheric new YA series from the Queen of Historical Fiction!