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02367aam a22003858i 4500 001 92557F226F8711ECBB3FC45856ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220107010022 008 200207t20202020meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020004280 020 $a 1432879766 020 $a 9781432879761 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ir--- 050 10 $a PS3619.M58838 $b S73 2020 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Smith, Jill Eileen, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Star of Persia : $h [large print] / $b Esther's story / $c by Jill Eileen Smith. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2020. 300 $a 469 pages; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness.In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes's wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther's adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation.With her impeccable research and her imaginative flair, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the romantic, suspenseful, and beloved story of Esther, queen of Persia"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Esther, $c Queen of Persia $v Fiction. 600 00 $a Xerxes $b I, $c King of Persia, $d 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. $v Fiction. 630 00 $a Bible. $p Esther $x History of Biblical events $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women in the Bible $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Religious fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020801.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010030955.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20220107011226.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92557F226F8711ECBB3FC45856ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search