![]() ![]() ![]() Determined despite the odds to make Israel a great nation, she must decide how far she's willing to go to protect her family, her throne-her name. And the people, revering their prophet’s message, turn on her.Īs ancient powers and faiths are pitted against each other, bloodshed descends on Israel and Jezebel faces the fall of her legacy. ![]() Bitter at having been abandoned by Jezebel, he lashes out, calling her a slut. ![]() Then Elijah, the prophet of Yahweh and her former lover, begins to speak out against her. As her initiatives usher in an era of prosperity for Israel, her new subjects love her, and her name rings through the land. There, she does what she must to gain power and remake the dry and distant kingdom in the image of her beloved, prosperous seaside homeland of Tyre, beginning by building temples to the gods she grew up worshipping. At fifteen she’s married off, despite her protests, to Prince Ahab of Israel. When Jezebel learns she can't be a king like her father simply because she’s a girl, she vows never to become someone’s decorative wife, nameless and lost to history. With a bold voice reminiscent of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning reimagining of the story of a fierce princess from Tyre and her infamous legacy ![]()
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