The seventh handmaiden
Pransky, Judith2020
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Darya does not remember how she came to be a slave or who she was before she was bought by an army captain for his motherless daughter in the ancient Persian city of Susa. Protected and nurtured by the housekeeper and her daughter, Darya has as good a life as a slave can have, even acquiring the rare skill of reading and writing, which she learns alongside her young mistress. When the captain dies and the household is broken up, this skill proves to be her lifeline. She becomes the seventh handmaiden to the mysterious Esther, who is being housed at the Royal Palace while in contention to be King Xerxes' new Queen. However, life in Ancient Persia is precarious for women and outsiders, wherever they are in the hierarchy.
Main title:
The seventh handmaiden / Judith Pransky.
Author:
Pransky, Judith, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Green Bean Books, 2020.
Collation:
vi, 250 pages : map (black and white) ; 22 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781784385897 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
295468