Indeed, Breguswith says as much in the book: be careful around the priests. I'm guessing that Roman Christians, being Pauline to the core, would have disapproved. I've seen no evidence that who you did or did not have sex with defined how women thought of themselves.Īctually, there's no evidence for anything, sexually, in early seventh-century northern Britain. I doubt they had such terms back then, though. I've seen no evidence that who you did or did …more Thank you! Nicola Griffith Thank you! Hild isn't lesbian/homosexual.

She lives in Seattle with her wife, writer Kelley Eskridge, where she's working on the sequel to Hild, Menewood. Her Aud Torvingen novels are soonn to be rereleased in new editions. She is also the co-editor of the Bending the Landscape series of anthologies. Memorial Award, the World Fantasy Award, Premio Italia, six Lambda Literary Awards, and others. Series: * Aud Torvingen Nicola Griffith has won the Washington State Book Award twice, the Nebula Award, the James Tiptree, Jr. Menewood picks up where that journey left off, and exceeds it in every way.Nicola Griffith has won the Washington State Book Award twice, the Nebula Award, the James Tiptree, Jr. She trains herself and her unexpected allies in new ways of thinking as she prepares for one last wager: risking all on a single throw for a better future… In the last decade, Hild has become a beloved classic of epic storytelling. In the valley, her last redoubt, her community slowly takes root. Hild will face the losses and devastation of total war, and then she must find a new strength, the implacable determination to forge a radically different path for herself and her people. Hild begins to understand the true extent of the chaos ahead, and now she must navigate the turbulence and fight to protect both the kingdom and her own people. Not knowing who to trust, he becomes volatile and unpredictable.

Younger rivals are snapping at his heels. But Edwin needs his most trusted advisor. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable Lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking's court with her seemingly supernatural insight.

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.