Daughter of Sand and Stone
by:
Libbie Hawker (author)
When Zenobia takes control of her own fate, will the gods punish her audacity?Zenobia, the proud daughter of a Syrian sheikh, refuses to marry against her will. She won’t submit to a lifetime of subservience. When her father dies, she sets out on her own, pursuing the power she believes to be her...
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When Zenobia takes control of her own fate, will the gods punish her audacity?Zenobia, the proud daughter of a Syrian sheikh, refuses to marry against her will. She won’t submit to a lifetime of subservience. When her father dies, she sets out on her own, pursuing the power she believes to be her birthright, dreaming of the Roman Empire’s downfall and her ascendance to the
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781503947634 (1503947637)
ASIN: 1503947637
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Pages no: 328
Edition language: English
I figured since I studied history and Arabic, I would really dig this book. Like, REALLY. After reading it, all I can say it that I liked it, but it didn't offer me the greatness I was expecting.The first third or so of the book is great. It has everything you want from an Arabic history story: jasm...
Zenobia bat-Zabbai is the daughter of a powerful and well-loved Syrian Sheik in 260 A.D.. All of her life she has known that she is destined for more than to be a dutiful wife at the side of a not so powerful husband. However, after her father goes to battle and does not return, Zenobia takes it u...