title: The Abbess of Whitby: A Novel of Hild of Northumbria
author: Jill Dalladay
description: "Jill Dalladay has presented us with a well-crafted novel about one of the most enigmatic women in early Christian times in England. Hild was abbess and teacher at Whitby and is today venerated as a saint. From her pagan upbringing, her conversion to Christianity, her story is presented with a shape eye for historic detail together with finely drawn characters. This is a skillful and accomplished writing." (Peter Tremayne, author of The Sister Fidelma Mysteries 2015-07-03)
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  Celebrate the holidays at Holbourne Abbey . . .
  
    
  
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