FICTION

. Game of Queens: A Novel of Vashti and Esther

by India Edghill

St. Martin's. 2015. 352p. ISBN 9780312338930. $26.95; Picador. Sept. 2016. pap. ISBN 978250097057. $18; ebk. ISBN 9781466883666. F

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Reference librarian Edghill (Wisdom's Daughter; Delilah) reimagines the life of Vashti, one of the most beautiful women in the Persian empire, who lost her crown when she defied her husband, King Ahasuerus. Vashti was also instrumental in choosing her successor, Esther. (LJ 6/1/15)Read-Alikes Rebecca Kanner's Esther and Rebecca Kohn's The Gilded Chamber.

Reviewed by Rachel Kamin , Nov 15, 2016

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