ROBERTA KELLS DORR is the author of seven books: six novels, one biography. She majored in creative writing at the University of Maryland and received her master�s in Religious Education from the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. For seventeen years Dorr lived in the Middle East as the wife of a busy missionary surgeon and the mother of five children. On her return to the United States she carried with her the manuscript of the first novel she had written and researched extensively over the years. She claimed that the years in the Middle East, the exposure to their culture, and the experiences she had while there profoundly influenced what she wrote.
"I really enjoyed this book, and while it isn't going to go down in
history as great, classic literature, it is a very worthy read. It
treats the biblical source with respect and dignity, probably
because it comes from a Christian author. The character portraits
of both Solomon and Bilqis are painted with depth and richness not
often seen in much of today's Christian fiction. I often don't
finish a lot of these types of books, because their character
development is shallow, basic, and predictable, as if each person
in the kingdom of God is cut from the same cloth.
For such a short book, it really does pack in a lot of detail, but
I don't want to tell you the whole story. If you enjoy
historical/biblical fiction, this is a book you might enjoy. I'm
sure there are inaccuracies and mistakes in this story-it's not the
Bible, after all-but I believe the story holds true, and fits well.
It brings biblical characters to life, and reminds us that they
were real people, who lived in a real place, at a real moment in
history, and had real struggles not much different than we do
today. As the wisest man who ever lived once said: 'There is
nothing new under the sun.'"
The Faery Inn, http: //thefaeryinn.wordpress.com/, June 16, 2014
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