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Mar 02, 2016cals_moviebrooks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Nicola Griffith uncompromisingly immerses the reader in a world of pastoral beauty, savage violence, bawdy humor, luscious food, strong alcohol, intense sexuality, and complex politics. All this is experienced by Hild, from age 3 to age 18, as she travels with the court of an ambitious warlord in 7th century Britain. The smattering of old English words and the large cast of characters can make this novel a bit daunting at first, but much like Frank Herbert's DUNE, it eventually creates an exotic world you'll want to return to repeatedly