Menewood
Book description
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change.
Making a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings…
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2 authors picked Menewood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I'd been anticipating the sequel to HILD and it didn't disappoint. In the distant world of 7th century Britain (evoked with worldbuilding as rich and strange as any fantasy novel), politics turns to war, and suffering, sacrifice, and struggle follow. Griffith’s exquisite prose immersed me in her vivid, beautiful, brutal world.
Menewood is the sequel to Nicola Griffith’s novel Hild about the woman who would eventually become St. Hilda of Whitby.
Hardly anything is known about Hild before her thirties except for her parents and where she was born, and Griffith has imagined a densely detailed early life for her. I was fortunate enough to receive a review copy of Menewood and I loved it for the same reasons I loved Hild – Griffith’s absolute genius at creating a sense of time and place within the culture of seventh-century England.
That world comes alive, from the birds in the air to…
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