**From the servant halls of Cleopatra's Egyptian palace to the courts of Herod the Great, Lydia will serve two queens to see prophecy fulfilled.** _Alexandria, Egypt 39 BC_ Orphaned at birth, Lydia was raised as a servant in Cleopatra's palace, working hard to please while keeping everyone at arm'
The Queen's Handmaid
โ Scribed by Higley, Tracy L
- Book ID
- 109050098
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 688 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781401686840
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โฆ Synopsis
From the servant halls of Cleopatra's Egyptian palace to the courts of Herod the Great, Lydia will serve two queens to see prophecy fulfilled. Alexandria, Egypt 39 BC Orphaned at birth, Lydia was raised as a servantย in Cleopatra's palace, working hard to please while keeping everyone at arm's length. She's been rejected and left with a broken heart too many times in her short life. But then her dying mentor entrusts her with secret writings of the prophet Daniel and charges her to deliver thisย vital information to those watching for the promised King of Israel.ย Lydia must leave the nearest thing she's had to family and flee to Jerusalem. Once in the Holy City, she attaches herself to the newly appointed king, Herod the Great, as handmaid to Queen Mariamme. Trapped among the scheming women of Herod's political familyโhis sister, his wife, and their mothersโand forced to serve in the palace to protect her treasure, Lydia must...
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