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Hild - A Novel

by Nicola Griffith
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Mystical seer navigates early medieval turmoil.

Hild could be a good read for you if you are captivated by historical fiction that brings to life the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early medieval age. Nicola Griffith's luminous prose brilliantly evokes a beautiful yet brutal world, where Hild, a young woman with supernatural abilities, becomes a seer and must navigate the treacherous world of politics and power. If you enjoyed books like Wolf Hall and Kristin Lavransdatter, you will be enthralled by the vivid and absorbing life of Hild, one of the most fascinating figures of the time who would later become known as St. Hilda of Whitby.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014)
  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee (2013)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Bisexual Fiction (2014)
  • Washington State Book Award for Fiction (2014)
  • RUSA CODES Reading List Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Hild - A Novel

by Nicola Griffith
$3.90
$3.51 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9781250056092
Authors: Nicola Griffith
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2014-10-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
Related Topics: Mythology, Historical Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 10900 readers)

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Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods’ priests are worrying. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief.Hild is the king’s youngest niece. She has 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 human nature and predicting what will happen next—that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her. She establishes herself as the king’s seer. And she is indispensable—until she should ever lead the king astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, her family, her loved ones, and 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 medieval age—all of it brilliantly and accurately evoked by Nicola Griffith’s luminous prose. Recalling such feats of historical fiction as Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter, Hild brings a beautiful, brutal world—and one of its most fascinating, pivotal figures, the girl who would become St. Hilda of Whitby—to vivid, absorbing life.
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Mystical seer navigates early medieval turmoil.

Hild could be a good read for you if you are captivated by historical fiction that brings to life the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early medieval age. Nicola Griffith's luminous prose brilliantly evokes a beautiful yet brutal world, where Hild, a young woman with supernatural abilities, becomes a seer and must navigate the treacherous world of politics and power. If you enjoyed books like Wolf Hall and Kristin Lavransdatter, you will be enthralled by the vivid and absorbing life of Hild, one of the most fascinating figures of the time who would later become known as St. Hilda of Whitby.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014)
  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee (2013)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Bisexual Fiction (2014)
  • Washington State Book Award for Fiction (2014)
  • RUSA CODES Reading List Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.