6/4/2023 0 Comments Hild bookPersonally, I’m already terrible with names, so throwing in a lot of names that I’ve never heard before made it even harder for me to try to puzzle out what was happening. The story deals with a lot of political intrigue, and depends on keeping track of who is related to whom, and how royalty is passed through family lines in medieval Britain. Little did I know that I would soon wish that the family tree included was about three times as large. I don’t read a lot of historical fiction, so I was pretty quickly overwhelmed by the scope of this book. Hild starts with her childhood and her ascent into being a king’s seer. Hild is the first book in a (3 part?) series that explores the life of St Hilda of Whitby. When you open up a book and it includes a map, family tree, glossary, and a pronunciation guide, you know you’re getting into something big.
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