Wisdom's Daughter: A Novel of Solomon and Sheba - Hardcover

Edghill, India

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312289375 ISBN 13: 9780312289379

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2004

Synopsis

This is the tale of Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, who rules the spice lands and bows before the will of the Goddess.

This is the tale of Solomon, the King of Israel and Judea, who built the golden temple to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Once he prayed that he might rule wisely.

This is the tale of Solomon's wives, of his concubines ... and of his daughter Baalit, more beloved than any son. Here are their voices, their mysteries, and their deepest secrets. Here they sing their songs and weave their tapestries.

As the queen's search for a true heir to her throne takes her to the court of the wisest man in the world, both she and the king learn how to value truth, love, and duty...and the king's daughter learns that not all the world is ruled by men.

Wisdom's Daughter is a vivid and richly textured rendition of the biblical tale of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Told in a tapestry of voices that ring with authenticity, Wisdom's Daughter profoundly reveals the deep ties among women in a patriarchal world.

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Praise for Queenmaker: A Novel of King David's Queen by India Edghill

"With her vivid attention to historical detail, Edghill keeps readers captivated.... A majestic debut."
- People magazine

"Think The Red Tent, only much better."
- Rocky Mountain News (Denver)

"A riveting debut tale...In the tradition of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent---and as good."
- Kirkus Reviews

"Excellent writing, dynamic character, and galloping pace...highly recommended."
- Library Journal

"A tantalizing glimpse into the past."
- Publishers Weekly

"Splendid."
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of The Mists of Avalon

"Queenmaker beguiles not only because it opens our eyes to the pure ordinariness of mythical figures, but it also exposes the foolishness and shortsighted passion that can make fools of the most exalted heroes. Its 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."
- Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

About the Author

India Edghill is a librarian living in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312289375
• ISBN 13: 9780312289379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432