Queenmaker
A Novel of King David's Queen

My husband spotted this book on the library shelf and handed it to me. When I read the inside cover, I was really intrigued - a novel that shows King David's life from the perspective of Michal, his first wife. That should be interesting! Well... I didn't like the narrating style. This tells the stor......more

Having studied the story of David very closely, I was delighted to see that India Edghill’s story deftly releases the inherent tensions hidden in the conventional biblical accounts of this hero of the Old Testament. No one could be that powerful and "heroic" without also being ruthless and self-cent......more

I really enjoyed this novel. When I first came across it, I thought the queen in question was Bathsheba as she was the mother of Solomon, but this was a nice surprise. The author really manages to nicely capture the flavor of this era, as well as bringing depth to the Biblical stories centering arou......more

Queenmaker, by India Edghill, was fabulous! I loved it. Every bit as good as its sequel I read a few years ago, Wisdom's Daughter, by the same author. I happen to love historical fiction, also the misrash-y type books that fill in the spaces of the women and stories of our biblical times. I had neve......more

While it may not be completely accurate it certainly gets you thinking about your bible stories. I always enjoy reading historical fiction written by authors who have done their research.......more