![]() ![]() “In it’s ambition and intelligence, Hild might best be compared to Hilary Mantel’s novels about Thomas Cromwell.” - Bookforum.“It is the best fictional attempt to recreate Dark Age Britain that I have ever read.” - Alex Woolf.“… dazzling… Griffith’s lyrical prose emphasizes the savagery of the political landscape, in which religion, sex, and superstition are wielded mercilessly for personal gain.” - Paris Review Daily.The writing is lucent and the plot enthralling, but perhaps most impressive is how the author creates and sustains a rare feeling in the reader of really living among the characters.” - Morning Star “ Hild by Nicola Griffith may well be a future classic.“A stunning blend of real history and soaring imagination…steeped in the language and customs of early Britain, rich in historical detail, outstanding in observation of human nature… believable and breathtaking.” - Lancashire Evening Post.It genuinely brings the period to life.” - The Bookseller “Beautiful, thorny jacket for this beautiful literary novel.Griffith illuminates the so-called Dark Ages, reconstructing an often alien historical world with great precision.” - BBC History Magazine “ Vivid, richly detailed…a powerful, clever novel. ![]() “A magnificent and convincing portrayal of a strange, wild, beautiful world.” - Guardian. ![]() Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US, Canada), 12 November 2013īlackfriars/Little, Brown (UK, Commonwealth), 24 July 2014 ![]()
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