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The anointed / Michael Arditti.
Van Pelt Library PR6051.R34 A56 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arditti, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abigail (Biblical figure)--Fiction.
- Abigail.
- Bathsheba (Biblical figure)--Fiction.
- Bathsheba.
- David, King of Israel--Fiction.
- David.
- David, King of Israel.
- Bathsheba (Biblical figure).
- Abigail (Biblical figure).
- Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events--Fiction.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Women in the Bible--Fiction.
- Women in the Bible.
- Jews.
- History.
- History of Biblical events.
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Jews--History--To 586 B.C--Fiction.
- Israel--Kings and rulers--Fiction.
- Israel.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Bible fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 325 pages : map, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arcadia Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Michal is a princess, Abigail a wealthy widow, and Bathsheba a soldier's bride, but as women in Ancient Israel their destiny is the same: to obey their fathers, serve their husbands and raise their children.Marriage to King David seems to offer them an escape, but behind the trappings of power they discover a deeply conflicted man. The legendary hero who slew Goliath, founded Jerusalem and saved Israel is also a vicious despot who murders his rivals, massacres his captives and menaces his harem. Michael Arditti's masterly new novel centres on three fascinating, formidable women, whose voices have hitherto been silenced. As they tell of love and betrayal, rape and revenge, motherhood and childlessness, they not only present the time-honoured story in a compelling new light but expose a conflict between male ruthlessness and female resistance, which remains strikingly pertinent today."--Publisher description.
- ISBN:
- 1911350722
- 9781911350729
- OCLC:
- 1128199702
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