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Hild
Nicola Griffith
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Description for Hild
Paperback. A literary triumph - an epic historical novel that brings the Dark Ages into the light Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
'You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king ...That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day' Britain in the seventh century - and the world is changing. Small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. Edwin, King of Northumbria, plots his rise to overking of all the Angles. Ruthless and unforgiving, he is prepared to use every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Into this brutal, vibrant court steps Hild - Edwin's youngest niece. ... Read more
'You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king ...That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day' Britain in the seventh century - and the world is changing. Small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. Edwin, King of Northumbria, plots his rise to overking of all the Angles. Ruthless and unforgiving, he is prepared to use every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Into this brutal, vibrant court steps Hild - Edwin's youngest niece. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Blackfriars
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349134239
SKU
V9780349134239
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About Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith is the award-winning author of five previous novels and a memoir. A native of Yorkshire - now a dual US/UK citizen - she is a onetime self-defence instructor who turned to writing full-time upon being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1993. She lives with her wife, the writer Kelley Eskridge, in Seattle.
Reviews for Hild
Luxuriously long and utterly absorbing ... A magnificent and convincing portrayal of a strange, wild, beautiful world Guardian