The Song of Hild
Published on 1. October 2018
Book
Hardback
622 pages
978-1-910519-09-7 (ISBN)
Description
Translated from the #1 Danish Bestseller, this is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventy-century Britain. Be are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling...
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham
United Kingdom
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
1 Maps; 50 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1165 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910519-09-7 (9781910519097)
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Persons
Danish author Vibeke Vasbo lived in Hull for four years while married to the Danish seamen's chaplain. She is the author of highly-acclaimed, prize-winning novels, poetry, essays, short stories, literary criticism, radio essays, and lectures. She has also appeared numerous times on Danish television and radio, and she has frequently been interviewed in the print media - not only about her writing, but also about various aspects of her life and political activism: working as a crane driver in Oslo, for example, and her pioneering work in the Women's Movements. Vibeke Vasbo has been active in the Danish Writers' Association.