Product Description

Tommy Tenney’s powerful fiction debut, Hadassah: One Night With the King, has been adapted for the big screen with a planned spring 2005 release. This major box-office production includes the introduction of Tiffany Dupont as Esther, with starring roles for Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole, along with John Rhys-Davies and John Noble (both from the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy). This movie edition of the novel includes stills from the movie sets, bringing vivid images to this already gripping novel of intrigue and suspense, love and hate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252118 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-01
• Released on: 2006-02-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Despite a few glitches, there is much to like about this coauthored novel from Tenney, best known for his nonfiction book The God Chasers, and Olsen, a writer whose work includes screenplays. Esther, queen of Persia, who inspired the eponymous book of the Bible, is a fascinating character whose story lends itself well to a fictional retelling. The novel opens as a contemporary woman named Hadassah receives a letter penned by Esther (also called "Hadassah" and "Star" in the novel) and passed down through her family for generations. The reading of the letter transports the reader back to the Persian Empire (a similar device is used in Bodie and Brock Thoene's Zion Legacy series). Several time periods and points of view make for a slow start, but the pacing picks up when Esther becomes the focus. The dialogue is stiff in places, and some readers will find the use of "G-d" rather than "God" out of reverence rather tiresome. However, from their imaginative fleshing out of Esther's unusual girlhood and preparation for her tryst with the king to the uttering of her famous words, "If I perish, I perish," the authors reinvigorate an age-old story. The sexual tension and violence necessary to the tale are rendered inoffensive for the evangelical Christian market, and a few surprise twists will catch readers familiar with the story off-balance. CBA readers should enjoy this account of one of the Bible's most courageous heroines.
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From AudioFile
Jews celebrate the story of sweet Esther and evil Haman every Purim. Author Tenney spins the story colorfully and creatively, with Aimee Lilly breathlessly delivering the prose. HADASSAH does a nice job of delving into the captive become queen whose Jewish roots must remain hidden until they are revealed to an astonished King Xerxes and his subjects at a critical moment. There is no lack of pathos and pride in the recording, and the story moves along steadily to a clever denouement. A religious audiobook without proselytizing is a bit of a relief. D.J.B. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

In the Library Reviews
"Exciting and insightful, Hadassah is more than the retelling of a Bible story. It is a genuine romance novel."

Customer Reviews

Bible story brought to life
This is a wonderful book. It keeps the main story in the bible but adds to it in ways that makes you think more about the people you read about in the bible. I think it was very well done, and very respectful of God's word.

HADASSAH ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING
This book is totally awesome. The story line is beautiful, and it also
follows how everything happened in the Bible. It is one of the greatest
love stories that I have ever read. I would highly recommend it. ONE
NIGHT WITH THE KING is one of my very favorite books. It could have been
twice the pages, as I hated for it to end.

Wonderful!!!! Simply wonderful!!!
I saw the movie first and instantly new I had to get the book. I read the book in 3 days and I absolutely loved it!!! The movie doesn't even come close!! The book is truly inspirational. I would recommend anyone to read this wonderfully written novel. It's time well spent!