title: Order of Darkness Volumes I-III: Changeling; Stormbringers; Fools' Gold
author:  Philippa Gregory 
description: Philippa Gregory is the author of many bestselling novels, including<i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i>, and is a recognized authority on womens history. Her work has been adapted for the screen in<i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i>movie and the critically acclaimed STARZ miniseries<i>The White Queen</i>and<i>The White Princess</i>. Her most recent novel is<i>The Last Tudor</i>. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds two honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She welcomes visitors to her website, PhilippaGregory.com.
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  CHAPTER I. THE RAY
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE RHYN
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE SEVEN WHISTLERS
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. RED HALL
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE DECOY
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. BLACK OR GOLD
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. LIKE A BAD PENNY
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. WHERE IS HE?
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. IN MOURNING
  
  
  CHAPTER X. STRUCK COLOURS
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. A DUTCH AUCTION
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. A GILDED BALCONY
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE FLAG FLIES
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. ON THE BURNT HILL
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. NEW YEAR'S EVE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. IN NEW QUARTERS
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. FACE TO FACE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. IN A COBWEB
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. DE PROFUNDIS
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. IN PROFUNDUM
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. IN VAIN!
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. THE LAST STRAW
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. BEFORE THE ALTAR
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV. THE VIAL OF WRATH
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV. IN THE DARKNESS
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI. THE FORGING OF THE RING
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII. THE RETURN OF THE LOST
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII. TIMOTHY'S TIDINGS
  
  
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