The Song of Hild Contributor(s): Vasbo, Vibeke (Author), Kynoch, Gaye (Translator) |
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ISBN: 191051909X ISBN-13: 9781910519097 Publisher: Sacristy Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - Medieval - Fiction | Religious - General |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 9" (2.34 lbs) 624 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventh-century Britain. Abbess Hild of Whitby was an extraordinary woman living in extraordinary times. In this exquisite translation of the #1 Danish bestselling novel Hildas sang, we are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling. In the political and religious upheavals of the seventh-century British Isles, tensions between the Danish-German invaders and native Celts mirror the power struggles masquerading as religious struggles that reverberate internationally today. In The Song of Hild we are brought face-to-face with the political manoeuvres of conflicting religions, the building of a double monastery, and the power exercised by the Church of Rome. "a bestseller of great literary quality" - Ekstra Bladet (from a review of the original Danish edition) |