Silent years
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Raised together in the Alexandrian palace, Chava, the Hebrew daughter of the royal tutor, and Urbi, and Egyptian princess, become like sisters. When Urbi unexpectedly ascends the throne as Queen Cleopatra, Chava believes their bond is strong enough to survive. But absolute power has way of changing everything. The ultimate betrayal sends Chava from everything she's ever known to the lowest rung of Roman society--where she must choose between love...
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"Seeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life Leah believes she can rest easily. But the land is ruled by Antiochus IV, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals, and when he issues a decree that all Jews are to conform to Syrian laws upon pain of death, devout Jews risk everything to follow the law of Moses. The miraculous story of the courageous Maccabees...
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"After her father and sister are killed, Salome and her mother move to Jerusalem. When a relative betroths Salome to a pagan prince half her age, she questions God's plan. When she finds herself crowned queen of Judea, she learns that a woman committed to God can change the world"--
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"Two women occupy a place in Herod's court: the first, Salome, is the king's only sister, a resentful woman who has been told she is from an inferior race, a people God will never accept. The second woman, Zara, is a lowly handmaid who serves Salome, but where Salome spies conspiracies and treachery, Zara sees people in need of understanding and compassion. The powerful and the powerless, the Idumean and the Jew, the selfish and the selfless-both...
