Title : The Purple and the Jasmine - Michèle Kahn - book

Summary :

5th century BC. Babylon radiates a thousand splendors, and Jerusalem lies in ruins. In Susa, capital of the Persian Empire, the court of Ahasuerus is sumptuous.

Esther, a young Jewish teenager, was raised by her cousin Mordecai, a thinker and a sage. She dreams of marriage and children, and has no shortage of suitors. But fate decides otherwise. She becomes the favorite and then the wife of King Ahasuerus. This privileged position will allow her to save her people from the extermination planned by the treacherous Haman, the sovereign's minister.

The Purple and the Jasmine depicts the splendor of the court of the King of Persia, its customs, the harem, the costumes, the perfumes... A historical-biblical novel, it mixes exoticism, love, hatred, jealousy in a grand fresco with tragic impulses.

• EAN : 9782268036199
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