Hadassah, Mark Andrew Olsen
Hadassah, Mark Andrew Olsen
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Hadassah
One Night With the King

Author: Mark Andrew Olsen, Tommy Tenney

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 11 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/21/2008


Synopsis

Best-selling author and inspirational speaker, Tommy Tenney teams up with Mark Andrew Olsen to deliver a mesmerizing tale of historical fiction. Favorably compared to Anita Diamant's The Red Tent for its unexpected plot twists, Hadassah is the fictional account of the Bible's Esther, the Jewish peasant girl who became queen of Persia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on September 30, 2019

I'm not sure I've read anything quite like this before. Knowing the story of Esther, in the Bible, it was predictable especially towards the end. It reads like a romantic novel with the Biblical story in the background. Whilst avoiding graphic detail, the author describes bedroom scenes that will ma......more

Goodreads review by Eustacia on June 14, 2012

One of my favourite books in the Bible is the story of Esther. I mean, it's a classic Cinderella-type tale. Poor girl who becomes a queen. Plus, the fact that she saves her people means that she's way better than most of the Disney princesses (i.e. all except Mulan). And my favourite re-telling of t......more

Goodreads review by Leigh Ann on April 11, 2008

The actual story of Esther wasn't too bad, I mostly had a problem with the premise. This book in scroll form was written by Esther and his been unrolled and signed by every woman descended from her the night before her wedding. I'm guessing paper that's well over 2,000 years old is in pretty fragile......more

Goodreads review by Alison on March 31, 2015

This book was an enjoyable read, but I'm not able to give it four or five stars because the initial setup/prologue is cheesy, the writing level seemed to be lower than average adult reading level, and the conflict devices seemed cheesy as well. I felt the same say I feel when watching a better than......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on September 14, 2009

This book was an okay read for me. Here's the scoop. If it were strictly a fictitious novel and not "historical fiction" I would have done better. I am told that the author did extensive research on the subject of Queen Esther before writing this book. In my opinion, he took his author's liberties w......more