Salome:

Relates the life of a beautiful descendant of Herod the Great, and events leading up to her Dance of the Seven Veils, after which her cruel mother coerces her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, an innocent man, on a silver platter

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Main Author: Gormley, Beatrice (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Alfred A. Knopf 2007
Edition:1. ed.
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Summary:Relates the life of a beautiful descendant of Herod the Great, and events leading up to her Dance of the Seven Veils, after which her cruel mother coerces her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, an innocent man, on a silver platter
Item Description:Salome speaks -- Uncle Antipas -- At the Jordan River -- Surprise performance -- Called by the goddess? -- How shall I Live? -- Warning -- Caesarea -- Bandits -- Silver platter -- Baleful influence -- John arrested -- Dangerous man -- Visit from Harod Antipas -- Joanna's daughter -- Two Herod brothers -- Tetrarch repents -- Birthday gift -- Scorpion strikes -- Valley of the shadow of death -- Tragedy -- Murderer -- Curse on the Herods -- Joanna disappears -- Joanna reappears -- Second chance? -- Beyond tragedy -- Afterword
Physical Description:274 S. 22 cm
ISBN:9780375839085
0375839089
9780375939082
0375939083

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