HADASHA AND THE GILDED CHAMBER

A couple of weeks ago I gave the ladies of LeLibre a book report called The Gilded Chamber. It was about Hadasha (Ester from the Bible) who was snatched away from her cousin's home and taken by force to the harem of the Persian King, Xerxes. She was terrifed that she would be taken to the soldiers in the barracks and so when being interviewed by the eunuch in charge of the harem (whom she thought at first was the king) she uttered words that caused him to think she had been sent by the Goddess Ishtar. He was so taken with her that he set her apart from the other concubines and girls who had been taken and trained her over the next year on how to please the king. When a year passed and the king called for her she was dressed as Ishtar herself and following Hegai's instructions she became the king's favorite and was made queen. Read the book of Ester in case you can't remember her story and see what she did to save her people from destruction!