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_Hild_ by Nicola Griffith includes this note: > **[About the real Hild](https://nicolagriffith.com/2014/05/13/about-the-real-hild/)** > > In case you missed it, in the back of Hild I wrote a biographical note. It reads, essentially: Hild was real. She was born fourteen hundred years ago in Anglo-Saxon England. Everything we know abou… Griffith did a great deal of research into historical sources for _Hild,_ its sequel _Menewood,_ and novella _Spear._ Her blog on sources and culture is at > **[Gemæcce](https://gemaecce.com/)** > > The story of making the novels about Hild of Whitby See also > **[We Belong in History: Nicola Griffith on Menewood, Historical Fiction, and...](https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2023/11/10/we-belong-in-history-nicola-griffith-on-menewood-historical-fiction-and-diversity/)** > > Misha Grifka Wander Nicola Griffith’s historical novel Hild came out in 2013 to critical acclaim. It told the story of St. Hilda of Whitby rising to power in seventh-century Britain, starting when … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-and-discuss-heavily-annotated-works-of-historical-fiction/1006576)._