![]() And she is indispensable-until she should ever lead the king astray. She establishes herself as the king's seer. 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. ![]() ![]() Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. A new religion is coming ashore the old gods' priests are worrying. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. "A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild Hild is born into a world in transition. ![]() Viii, 546 pages : map, genealogical table 24 cm New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013 ![]()
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