Queenmaker - (Recent Picador Highlights) by India Edghill (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Turning inside out the traditional view of David as a beloved king and gentle author of the Psalms, Edghill's well-written debut novel, "Queenmaker, " paints a dark picture of the lauded biblical hero as seen through the eyes of his first wife, Michal.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>For over forty years, Michal lived and reigned in David's court. She was the beautiful and proud daughter of King Saul and the prize David would risk his kingdom to win. Behind the palace doors, beneath the burning sun of the desert, or fleeing from Absalom's warriors, Michal was at the center of court intrigues.</p><p><i>Queenmaker </i>introduces in unforgettable detail the characters of one of the greatest periods in Biblical history--their public deeds and private thoughts--and gives us the court of the kings as only a woman could see it.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"With her vivid attention to historical detail, Edghill keeps readers captivated....A majestic debut." --<i>People</i></p><p>"Think The Red Tent, only much better." --<i>Rocky Mountain News (Denver)</i></p><p>"A riveting debut tale...In the tradition of Anita Diamant's <i>The Red Tent</i>--and as good." --<i>Kirkus Review</i></p><p>"Splendid." --Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of The Mists of Avalon</p><p>"[<i>Queenmaker's</i>] greatest richness is in creating the courage, compassion, and sheer canniness of the shadow queen, Michal, the betrothed bride of King David, the Eleanor of Aquitaine of the Bible, a monarch in full." --<i>Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>India Edghill </b>lives in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York. <i>Queenmaker </i>is her first novel.</p>
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