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Changeling is Phillipa Gregory's work of pure fiction claiming no historic figure in the story. At first, I thought something happened to Ms Gregory's eloquent writing style, as this novel is unlike any of the others I have read. I even considered someone else was the true author helping Ms Gregory make a publisher's deadline! Not until I read the Author's Note at the end of reading did I discover the truth. I read the novel because I am a fan of the author and I want to keep reading her novels in historic sequence. I did learn something about the era of the novel, which is one thing I truly enjoy about Ms Gregory's work. The story, however, is elementary and predictable. This is unfortunate. For those who are Gregory enthusiasts, go ahead and read this one so as not to break the chain. For those who are trying a Gregory novel for the first time, pick one centering on real historic figures. She is generally an awesome writer.


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Changeling Order of Darkness Philippa Gregory Fred van Deelen Sally Taylor Books Reviews

As an adult I enjoyed the first half of this book. Then it got slow in my opinion. I do feel strongly that if I were again a 12 year old, I probably would've loved this and not had a single complaint! Since that is the target age group of the book, I feel the author did a great job! And I loved that there was no love triangle!!
Please see my review of the Stormbringers book by the same author. This is the first book in the series of medieval mysteries.
Gregory is a wonderful writer and her books are rigorously researches which is why they are so enjoyable. You always learn something new. The other review gives you a sense of the characters who meet in this first book and are carried along
on a journey together. In this book the heroine is disinherited by her brother and sent to a monastery where there are
some odd goings on, blamed on the poor girl, but due to the conniving of someone else in league with her brother
who wants to end her life and threats to his proprietary interest in their father's property.
The setting in Italy is different from Gregory's other books which focused on the English Royal houses.
Great book to take too the beach.
Gramster A
This would be a great book for people interested in history and interested in the world view of those who lived it. Luca Vero has been kicked out of his monastery for being too smart, too beautiful, and too curious. He is recruited into a secret order founded by Pope Nicholas V. His charge is to investigate the strange occurrences that are becoming common in 1453. The Pope is convinced that mankind is nearing the ends of days. He sends Luca out to make a map of the fears of the world.

In his first investigation, Luca, his clerk Brother Peter, and his servant Frieze are sent to investigate an abbey where the nuns seem to be going mad. The new Lady Abbess is Isolde who should be the heiress to the Castle of Lucretili but her brother forced her out after her father's death saying that her father changed his will and left everything to his son after all. Isolde and her servant Ishraq, Moorish and brought home from the Holy Land as a child, are sent to the abbey but Isolde is still grieving for her beloved father and isn't able to take charge with all the plots surrounding her.

While Luca does solve the mystery at the abbey, it is too late for Isolde who has been convicted of witchcraft and disowned by her "grieving" brother. She and Ishraq manage to flee before they are burned at the stake. They meet again on the road and decide to travel together until their paths part. Luca to investigate as he is commanded and Isolde to travel to Hungary to ask her godfather to help her regain her inheritance.

The historical detail was wonderful. The characters spanned a broad spectrum of medieval society and thought. But this didn't feel like a novel. It is clearly the beginning of a series of books that will have further adventures of Luca, Isolde, and crew as they wend their way through medieval Europe. This was just the first two episodes of that greater journey.
This is Gregory's first venture into the world of Young Adult. I know she can write adult historical fiction novels I love, so I decided to give her Young Adult novel a try and see if she could write that genre as well. As it turns out, she can.

17-year-old Luca has grown up in the monastery, but when he starts asking questions, he's cast out and accused of heresy. He is recruited by a mysterious order to travel and investigate the evils and dangers people are seeing in the world around them. He must do as he is told and not question his orders, although in his role of inquisitor he will be asking many questions of others. He agrees to become a part of the order; understanding that he is one step away from death and this is his salvation.

Isolde is only 17 when her father dies, leaving her to her brother's care. Despite being raised to know how to run the home just as well as any man, upon his death her father had changed his will to say she would either marry or be sent to the nunnery. She choses to be sent to the nunnery, but as soon as she arrives, strange things begin to happen that make everyone in the nunnery frightened.

It is these strange occurrences that bring Luca to Isolde, but it is a respect for each other and the truth that keeps them together. I'm glad there's a slow build between these two. I think anything else wouldn't feel right, especially given the time period in which the story takes place. I think I can see where this relationship is going and I think I'm going to like it.

The plot is interesting and has me drawn in. I want to see where Luca and Isolde travel and what they face. There were only a couple inquisitions in this novel, but Luca clearly has a level head and thinks things out before taking action. He might be serving the Pope, but he is not going to let emotions cloud his judgment. It will be interesting to see where Gregory takes these characters next.

Changeling is Gregory's first Young Adult novel, but not her first historical fiction. I knew she'd be able to get the historical feelings across, and I'm happy to say she can write Young Adult just as well as she writes for adults. Gregory has proved, once again, why she's one of my favorite authors to read.
Changeling is Phillipa Gregory's work of pure fiction claiming no historic figure in the story. At first, I thought something happened to Ms Gregory's eloquent writing style, as this novel is unlike any of the others I have read. I even considered someone else was the true author helping Ms Gregory make a publisher's deadline! Not until I read the Author's Note at the end of reading did I discover the truth. I read the novel because I am a fan of the author and I want to keep reading her novels in historic sequence. I did learn something about the era of the novel, which is one thing I truly enjoy about Ms Gregory's work. The story, however, is elementary and predictable. This is unfortunate. For those who are Gregory enthusiasts, go ahead and read this one so as not to break the chain. For those who are trying a Gregory novel for the first time, pick one centering on real historic figures. She is generally an awesome writer.