In this vivid, utterly compelling novel, Nicola Griffith has brought the Early Middle Ages to life in an extraordinary act of alchemy, transporting the reader into a mesmerising, unforgettable world. The stakes are high - life and death - for Hild, her family and for all those who seek the protection of this strange girl who seems to see the future. Author of seven novels (Ammonite, Slow River, The Blue Place, Stay, Always, Hild, So Lucky) and a multi-media memoir (And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner notes to a writer's early life). Hild establishes herself at her uncle's side as the king's seer, and becomes indispensable - as long as all goes well for Edwin. Nicola Griffith is a native of Yorkshire, England, now a dual US/UK citizen. The book includes a map, a glossary of terms, and a pronunciation guide. Hild is a fictionalized telling of the life of Hilda of Whitby, also known as Hild of Streoneshalh, a significant figure in Anglo-Saxon Britain. But for now she has only the powerful curiosity of a child and the precarious advantage of a plotting uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, who will stop at nothing to beome king of the Angles. Hild is a 2013 historical novel and the sixth novel by British author Nicola Griffith. Hild is the king's youngest niece, with a glittering mind and natural authority, She is destined to become one of the pivotal figures of the early Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby. And they will kill you, one day' In seventh century Britain, a new religion is coming ashore while small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently.

Your blood is that of the man who should have been king.

Description: 'Truly, truly remarkable' Karen Joy Fowler 'Extraordinary.resonates to many of the same chords as Beowulf, the legends of King Arthur, The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones' Neal Stephenson 'You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age.

Hild by nicola griffith