The Gilded Chamber

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Kohn lives in New Hampshire with her husband and daughter. The Gilded Chamber is her first novel. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Kohn, Kohn Rebecca, Rebecca Kohn
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2005
• EAN: 9780141020501
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102050-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 196 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Biographical fiction, BCE to c 500 CE, Persian Empire, 5th century, c 400 to c 499, the red tent; the red king