Star of Persia

Esther's Story

De: Jill Eileen Smith

Narrado por: Leah Horowitz

In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness.

In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes's wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther's adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation.

With her impeccable research and her imaginative flair, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the romantic, suspenseful, and beloved story of Esther, queen of Persia.

©2020 Jill Eileen Smith (P)2020 Recorded Books

Enjoyed

I enjoyed this read very much! Compelling and scripturally accurate. Thank you so very much!

wonderful story

characters, story and inspiration during a time of heavy discouragement, then and now, summer 2020.

Fantastic story.

It is amazing how you are able to feel like you are part of this world. The problems they had to face seems like the world today with all that is going on now.

Well performed good tone of voice and intonation

Loves the way the story was written and developed. Enjoyed the performance, made easy to follow the story

wonderful!

Jill does an amazing job giving you an insight into what most likely was during this time. I always find myself going back and reading the Bible multiple times while reading her books. they are all fantastic!

Hope

An overall wonder story and well narrated. A book to be shared with many. Thank you!

Beautiful Story

This fiction story is beautifully written from the true story of Esther. The performance was great and it's written so well, I could picture the scenes in my minds eye.

Amazing!

For the longest time I struggles with the way Vashti presented in movies and some stories. There was a reason why she was the "beloved". This book has captured my very thoughts about how she could have really been. This whole story was wonderfully thought out.

Distracted by wrong pronunciations

The narrator pronounced some words so wrong it was quite distracting. She said “eye-ma” when it should have been “ee-mah” for the Hebrew name for mother. Also “Da-rye-us” instead of “Dar-yuhs”. Shouldn’t narrators have guidance on these words? And “Vash-tie” instead of “Vash-tee” was so irritating, listening to her say it hundreds of times. I was really looking forward to this story, but I gave up…. Her voice was quite lovely, but the wrong words were too much. What a shame….

Sweet rendition of Ester’s story

I enjoyed this writer turning away from Vashti as the female villain of this story. I thoroughly enjoyed the direction this story took.