Game of Queens : : a Novel of Vashti and Esther
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"The story of power and treachery, blood and deception, bravery and romance that surrounds the court of Ahasuerus and two of the most celebrated female heroines in all of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Vashti, Queen of Queens, the most beautiful woman in all the empire, defied the king her husband and so lost her crown. Ahasuerus, King of Kings, commanded that the most beautiful maidens be sent to his court so he might choose a new queen. He set the queen's crown upon the head of the virtuous and beautiful Esther, and Queen Esther herself defied both king and law to save her people from a treacherous fate. A story of power and treachery, blood and deception, bravery and romance that surrounds the court of Ahasuerus.
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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: 386 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312338930
SUBJECTS
Vashti, -- Queen of Persia -- Fiction.
Esther, -- Queen of Persia -- Fiction.
Bible. -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction.
Women in the Bible -- Fiction.
Queens -- Fiction.
Bible fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.