Chapter 2 | "The angels took her by the hand": No ordinary abbess.
Hild's Tale | A Serialised Historical Fiction Novel
This is Chapter 2 of Hild’s Tale, a historical fiction novel based on (though not tied to) real events that took place in the kingdom of the Northumbrians during the late seventh and early eighth centuries. Abbess Hild, or Saint Hild as she later became known, was a woman who defied social and poli…