![]() ![]() ![]() Although her father has been assassinated, Hild survives to become an advisor to the king and ultimately to other major figures determining England's course in the Early Middle Ages. She learns to fight with staff and sword and to speak several languages. The king's niece Hild grows up bright, curious, and willful in this world of violence and mysticism. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become the king of all the Angles through force, bribery, and religious coercion. ![]() In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging. Griffith has stated that the book will be the first in a trilogy and that the second book will be titled Menewood. The novel was first published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on Novemand in the United Kingdom on Octothrough Blackfriars Books. 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. Hild is a 2013 historical novel and the sixth novel by British author Nicola Griffith. ![]()
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