The Gilded Chamber, (Paperback)

from karenlisa

The Gilded Chamber By Rebecca Kohn Esther is orphaned when her parents both die in Babylon. She is a young girl and betrothed to a much older cousin, Mordechi, who works as the treasury official for the King. He has more or less hidden his Jewish affiliation and lived away from his family for man...

from ursula

I was really drawn into this book right away. I didn't know anything about Esther, so I can't really comment on the historical/Biblical accuracy of the story. The plot moves along very quickly in the beginning, with Esther (then called Hadassah) being orphaned in Babylon and going to live with he...

from zibilee

In this inventive work of Biblical fiction, Rebecca Kohn tells the story of a young Hassadah, a Jewish orphan who is sent to live with her cousin Mordecchai following her parents' deaths. Hassadah barely has time to unpack her things before she is swept away by King Xerxes's soldiers, who are in ...

from ZoharLaor

The story is a familiar one, Hadassah, a Jewish orphan, is being brought to the court of King Xerxes as a possible queen. Hiding her Jewish origins she changes her name to Esther, becomes queen and saves the Jews from certain death (now...let's eat). The book itself is very inventive, I must give...

from msjoanna

The Gilded Chamber is an enjoyable historical fiction retelling of the Story of Esther. The author does a nice job of envisioning and realizing the details of daily life in the King's harem and making Esther a complicated and interesting character. The male characters in the book were generally a...