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Sarah Broadhurst's view...
The life of the peasant girl Haddasah who became Esta, Queen of Persia and obviously based on the biblical story. It’s evocative of harem life and the helplessness felt by captives. An interesting period nicely portrayed.
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Synopsis
Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn
One girl, one nation, one chance . . . Esther's story is one of the most dramatic in the Bible: a renowned beauty, she used her feminine wiles to capture the heart of a king and so win the deliverance of her people from the threat of death.
The Gilded Chamber creatively re-works the famous story to show us how this young girl came to be in the harem of King Xerxes and how her path to womanhood enabled her to save a nation and find peace. This is a tale of strength, seduction and survival, of the solidarity of women, and its descriptions of the Persian palace and the secrets contained within those walls will hold you spellbound to the final page.
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Format
Paperback (b Format)
368 pages
Author
Rebecca Kohn
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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication
date
7th July 2005
ISBN
9780141020501
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