Following Queenmaker, "her majestic debut" (People), India Edghill's Wisdom's Daughter is a vivid and assiduously researched rendition of the biblical tale of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. As the Queen's search for a true heir to her throne takes her to the court of the wisest man in the w...
The only woman in the Bible who is noted to have loved a man, Queen Michal was King David's childhood sweetheart, his first wife, and daughter of his great friend and greater enemy, King Saul. Married to and then abandoned by David at age 14, Michal is forced to marry him again and become his fir...
or even “desperation,” and Bonnie Edghill, who thinks I’m a great writer, even though she’s read all my books and should know better. Rosemary—Arioch, Samamat, and Daniel are for you, with love. Bonnie—Star is for you, ditto. Heartfelt thanks to: Nichole Argyres, my wonderful and perceptive edito...
—II SAMUEL 11:3 I do not think that anything else I ever did pleased David as much as did that message. He did not come to me himself, or send for me, which was all I had asked or expected. But then, David was always one to make a great show even of small things. So now he sent a servant to me ...