After a bit of a struggle getting into it I actually grew to like this one pretty well. My complete lack of knowledge of UK history and languages had me looking things up pretty much constantly... until eventually I just decided to accept the fact that I was never going to be able to keep all the characters and places straight and admitting defeat made the reading experience much more enjoyable. I'm now hungry for more info about the actual St. Hilda, or at least a fictionalized account of the next parts of her life.