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Menewood: A Novel Audiobook, by Nicola Griffith Play Audiobook Sample

Menewood: A Novel Audiobook

Menewood: A Novel Audiobook, by Nicola Griffith Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Pearl Hewitt Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 19.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 14.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2023 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781250883636

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

49

Longest Chapter Length:

77:38 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

35:08 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

5

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Publisher Description

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. Making a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking’s court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood. But old alliances are fraying. Younger rivals are snapping at Edwin’s heels. War is brewing—bitter war, winter war. Not knowing whom to trust, Edwin becomes volatile and recalls his young advisor to court. There Hild begins to understand the true extent of the chaos ahead—and realizes she must find a way to navigate the turbulence and fight to protect both the kingdom and her own people. She will face the losses and devastation of total war, and then must summon the determination to forge a radically different path for herself and her people. In the valley, her last redoubt, Hild draws strength from the fierce joy she finds in the natural world, as, slowly, her community takes root. She trains herself and her unexpected allies in new ways of thinking, learning what it means to gather and wield true power. And 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. Menewood exceeds it in every way.

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“Menewood is everything Hild was in terms of prose craft, depth of research and immensity of feeling. . . Menewood doesn’t feel like a sequel so much as the same book, the same life, spooling a little farther along its path. While I hope not to have to wait another 10 years for another volume, I trust that it would be worth it.

— Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review

Quotes

  • Menewood is a searing depiction of a world at war, and the ferocious and complicated woman at the center of it.

    — Maria Dahvana Headley, author of The Mere Wife and Beowulf: A New Translation

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About Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith is the award-winning author of several novels and a memoir. A native of Yorkshire, England, she is a one-time self-defense instructor who turned to writing full-time upon being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1993. She lives with her wife, the writer Kelley Eskridge, in Seattle.

About Pearl Hewitt

Pearl Hewitt is an award-winning British voice actor known for her distinctive, smooth, and flawless voice. She has produced a large body of voice-over work, with customers ranging from small businesses to global corporations.