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    Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra
    Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra
    Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra
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    Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra

    Written by Angela Hunt

    Narrated by Rachel Botchan

    4.5/5

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    You Don’t Know Her Name. The World Remembers Only Her Greatest Friend: Cleopatra.

    Raised together in the Alexandrian palace, Chava, the Hebrew daughter of the royal tutor, and Urbi, an Egyptian princess, become as close as sisters—and rivals with their dreams of greatness. When Urbi unexpectedly ascends the throne as Queen Cleopatra, Chava believes their
    bond is strong enough to survive. But absolute power has a way of changing everything.

    The ultimate betrayal rips Chava from everything she’s ever known and sends her to the lowest rung of Roman society where she must choose between love and honor, between her own desires and God’s will for her life, if she hopes to rise again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 4, 2017
    ISBN9781501955945
    Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra
    Author

    Angela Hunt

    Angela Hunt (AngelaHuntBooks.com) is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 160 books, with nearly 6 million copies sold worldwide. Angela's novels have won or been nominated for the RWA RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA Christian Book Award, and the HOLT Medallion. Four of her novels have received ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, and Angela is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from both the Romantic Times Book Club and ACFW. Angela holds doctorates in biblical studies and theology. She and her husband make their home in Florida with mastiffs and chickens.

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    • 5/5
      So many unexpected twists and turns. Riveting! Couldn't stop reading!
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable novel concerning the years between the Old and New Testaments, preposterous in spots.Chava, an Alexandrian Jewish girl, is best friends with Cleopatra and swears she will always remain so in a "blood sisterhood" pact. Through envy [?] on Cleopatra's part, Chava is sold into slavery and ends up in Rome on the farm of the Octavii family. Through the years Chava is obsessed with Cleopatra. Because of her literacy and her beauty, she is moved to the family's house in Rome where she meets the future emperor Augustus [born Octavian] and his friend Agrippa. The latter treats her as a sister all through, although Roman men were known for their promiscuity. That seems hard to believe. She learns midwifery in too quick order it seemed to me, with successful results, even when a novice. In her reading, she mentions Pliny the Elder who lived nearly 100 years later. She does attribute her success to God's help, and she does invoke Him and put her trust in Him all through the novel. The novel does show the power of forgiveness, when she meets Cleopatra for the last time.
    • 5/5
      First, I just have to say how gorgeous this cover is! If I hadn't been intrigued by the synopsis, I would have grabbed it up for the cover alone. Second, if you are not already a fan of Angela Hunt, then you will be after reading this amazingly chiseled novel. She is absolutely talented and truly captured my soul with this new novel. This is Biblical fiction at it's finest! I am a lover of Historical fiction and this book fits the bill for best of 2017 so far! Reading about Cleopatra and Chava really moved me. I've heard of Cleopatra, of course, but never really read a book that centered around her time. So, getting to know Chava, the young woman waiting to take her place at the Queen's side and Cleopatra, and all that was Alexandra, was truly an event I don't want to forget. The detail that Ms. Hunt adds to this novel is breath taking and I won't soon forget the feel of being in the heart of the story. If you want a novel that will whisk you away to a time in history that isn't often written about, then I suggest this book with high flying colors! If you want to be captivated and become the characters, then this 5 star novel is highly worth getting! This book kept me turning the pages long into the night and I am already anxiously awaiting another book by this author who knows just what her fans love! *I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*
    • 3/5
      As the Jewish daughter of a royal tutor, Chava grows up close to palace life in Alexandria. She’s sure that she’ll not be parted from her girlhood friend, the princess Urbi, not even when Urbi ascends to the throne and becomes Queen Cleopatra. But when a crushing betrayal lands Chava in slavery, she wonders what will become of her life and a promise God once spoke to her in Egypt’s Sister, a novel by author Angela Hunt.I’ve enjoyed Biblical Fiction by this author before and was intrigued to hear that she’d be writing a series about the biblical “Silent Years.” My favorite aspect of this novel is the fact that Chava hears God during this period when He’s supposedly silent. (Yeah—I don’t believe God goes mute so much as we go deaf, but I won’t get into that.)Now, there were some things in the novel that didn’t make complete sense to me. The process of Chava’s enslavement, for one, didn’t seem to make logical business sense. Aside from that, while this book is called A Novel of Cleopatra, the queen is off screen for most of it. She’s out there living her (now notorious) life, while Chava is left to pine and obsess over her. Eventually, Chava herself alludes to “obsessing over Urbi” for years.I also found the extent of Chava’s naiveté to be unbelievable at times. Although she’s done some growing by the later chapters, it’s hard for me to be super-enthused about a story when I only feel so-so about the main character.Still, the ending of the novel has put me in anticipation of the next one in The Silent Years series.___________Bethany House provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for an honest review.