Nicola Griffith
1) Spear
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English
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Forging her own bright path, a young woman, armed with a stolen hunting spear and mended armor, embarks on a journey of magic and mystery, love and, lust and fights to the death on her way to the court of Artos, king of Caer Leon.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Award-winning author Nicola Griffith's brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild.
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. Hild is the king's youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. She will become a fascinating