Jerusalems Queen, Angela Hunt
Jerusalems Queen, Angela Hunt
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Jerusalem's Queen
A Novel of Salome Alexandra

Author: Angela Hunt

Narrator: Rachel Botchan, Leila Buck

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/06/2018

Synopsis

Born in the small village of Modein, a town made famous by the warrior Maccabees, Salome Alexandra knows better than to harbor grand dreams for her future. She pales in comparison to her beautiful older sister, and though she learns to read at an early age, girls are not valued for their intellectual ability. But when her father and sister are killed, John Hyrcanus, a distant relative, invites Salome and her mother to live with his family in Jerusalem, where her thirst for knowledge is noticed and indulged.

When her guardian betroths her to a pagan prince, she questions HaShem’s plan.

When Hyrcanus finally marries her to a boy half her age, she questions her guardian’s sanity. But though Salome spends much of her life as a pawn ordered about by powerful men, she learns that a woman committed to HaShem can change the world.

About Angela Hunt

Christy-Award winner Angela Hunt writes for readers who have learned to expect the unexpected in novels from this versatile author. With over five million copies of her books sold worldwide, she is the bestselling author of more than 150 works ranging from picture books to novels.

Now that her two children are grown, Angie and her youth-pastor husband live in Florida with Very Big Dogs (a direct result of watching Sandlot too many times). When she's not home writing, Angie often travels to teach writing workshops at schools and writers' conferences. And to talk about her dogs, of course.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on October 29, 2023

I really liked it. I have many swirling thoughts! For one, Angela Hunt is an author I have only discovered in recent years. She is noted as an author of Christian Fiction, but it is mind-blowingly hard to believe that this woman isn't Jewish. Its not just the knowledge she holds, some that is so esot......more

Goodreads review by Fiction on December 05, 2018

I’m conflicted over this novel. On the one hand, as a history-lover, I felt it had a lot going for it. It was well researched, it brought to life a period of history that was hitherto unknown to me, and it gave me a protagonist who was anticipating the promised Messiah. I love fiction that explores......more

Goodreads review by Christian Fiction on January 26, 2019

Bringing to life a piece of history that I have never before heard of, "Jerusalem's Queen: A novel of Salome Alexandra" is truly a stunning story. Angela Hunt has reached into the past and pieced together the life of a woman who was utterly remarkable, a character that I soon grew to admire as I wat......more

Goodreads review by Malia on April 28, 2022

*4.5 LOVED: - THE HISTORY. I literally did not know about any of this and I learned so much! Especially at the end like 3 sentences about how and why the Romans invaded Israel in the first place 🙈 - Salome Alexandra/Shelomzion. What a woman. To have been thrust into a position with an unequal spouse a......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on July 30, 2019

Jerusalem's Queen is my latest favorite from long-time favorite author Angela Hunt. This third installment in her "Silent Years" series, each focusing on slices of less widely-known history from the inter-testamental period before Christ's birth, is a stunning achievement in every respect. This nove......more

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