Esther, Angela Hunt
Esther, Angela Hunt
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Esther
Royal Beauty

Author: Angela Hunt

Narrator: Rachel Botchan, Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2015


Synopsis

Bestselling Author Angela Hunt Returns to Biblical Fiction An ambitious tyrant threatens genocide against the Jews in ancient Persia, so an inexperienced beautiful young queen must take a stand for her people. When Xerxes, king of Persia, issues a call for beautiful young women, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan living in Susa, is forcibly taken to the palace of the pagan ruler. After months of preparation, the girl known to the Persians as Esther wins the king's heart and a queen's crown. But because her situation is uncertain, she keeps her ethnic identity a secret until she learns that an evil and ambitious man has won the king's permission to exterminate all Jews-young and old, powerful and helpless. Purposely violating an ancient Persian law, she risks her life in order to save her people ... and bind her husband's heart. Esther marks bestselling author Angela Hunt's return to biblical fiction. In each novel she explores an example of a Hebrew Old Testament tob woman: a woman whose physical beauty influences those around her-and can change the course of history.

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 Kara

There’s a rather infamous Star Wars fanfic floating around the internet about Darth Maul (yes, Darth too-much-fun-with-face-paint Maul) going to a Harem School and picking out a Purple Eyed, Raven Haired, Mary Sue to be his Lover. He sets her up in a nice space condo and visits to have AMAZING sex w......more

It was a really great read , I didn't feel like I was reading fiction , even the parts that were part speculation ,felt so realistic . The author did a lot of research on ancient Persia , and it really shows . I appreciate how realistic and gritty it was . We have a kind of fairy tale picture of Est......more

Goodreads review by Lou

This book follows the biblical story of Esther. It felt very true to the culture. It points out the difficulties of being a beautiful woman in the Persian empire. I really enjoyed the book. I love the style of Angela’s writing. I like that a lot of the chapters are shorter. I liked the characters. The......more