And she is indispensable-unless she should ever lead the king astray. Hild establishes a place for herself at his side as the king’s seer.
Her uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. She will become a fascinating woman and one of the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby.īut 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. Hild is the king’s youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. A new religion is coming ashore the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying.
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild
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