(above image: "Queen Esther" oil on canvas by Edwin Long via indovic)So... since I just finished "Pilate's Wife" by Antoinette May, it is time to pick up another historical fiction novel. The next book I'll be sticking my nose in shall be "The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther" by Rebecca Kohn.
A little bit about her: Esther was born as Hadassah. She was a Jewish prophet, wife of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), and queen of the Perisan Empire. She saved the Jews from oppression and is the namesake of the Biblical book Esther.
Two reviews from the back cover of the book:
"Queen Esther, savior of her people, becomes a living, breathing presence. . . .The Gilded Chamber is a world unto itself and one well worth entering." ~Margaret George, Author of Marie, Called Magdalene
"Rebecca Kohn takes us into places that the Old Testament never dreamed of . . . A triumph of historical imagination and a must-read for lovers--and lovers of Jewish history." ~Steven Pressfield, Author of The Gate of Fire
Amore.
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