Hild A Novel
Hild A Novel by Nicola Griffith is a reprint edition published by Picador on October 28, 2014, featuring 560 pages in English. This historical novel unfolds in seventh-century Britain, a time marked by the merging of small kingdoms and the arrival of a new religion. The story centers on Hild, the king’s youngest niece, who possesses a keen intellect and a natural authority. As she navigates a world filled with political intrigue and shifting allegiances, Hild’s unique perspective allows her to observe and predict the complexities of her surroundings.
Readers will find a richly detailed narrative that explores Hild’s journey as she becomes an essential figure in the tumultuous landscape of her time. The novel delves into themes of power, belief, and the mystical elements of the early Middle Ages, all rendered through Griffith’s vivid prose. Hild’s role as the king’s seer places her at the intersection of life and death, as she grapples with the responsibilities that come with her abilities. This edition invites readers to experience a beautifully crafted world that reflects the historical intricacies of the period.
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The award-winning author Nicola Griffith’s brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild.
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. Hild is the king’s youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. She will become a fascinating woman and one of the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby.
But now she has only the powerful curiosity of a bright child, a will of adamant, and a way of seeing the world—of studying nature, of matching cause with effect, of observing her surroundings closely and predicting what will happen next—that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her.
Her uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild establishes a place for herself at his side as the king’s seer. And she is indispensable—unless she should ever lead the king astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, for her family, for her loved ones, and for the increasing numbers who seek the protection of the strange girl who can read the world and see the future.
Hild is a young woman at the heart of the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early Middle Ages—all of it brilliantly and accurately evoked by Nicola Griffith’s luminous prose. Working from what little historical record is extant, Griffith has brought a beautiful, brutal world to vivid, absorbing life.
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