At 12, she has a priestess divine her future and learns she will be married to a foreign king, a prediction validated when Ithobaal promises her to Ahab, son of the king of Israel, to strengthen Tyre’s geopolitical standing. Jezebel, daughter of Ithobaal, the king of Tyre, decides at six years old that she wants her name to be remembered for the ages.
A stunning revision of a notorious queen’s story, Jezebel is a thrilling lyrical debut about a fierce woman who refuses to be forgotten.Barnard reimagines the biblical story of Queen Jezebel in her ambitious but muddled debut. Determined despite the odds to make Israel a great nation, she must decide how far she's willing to go to protect her family, her throne-her name. And the people, revering their prophet’s message, turn on her.Īs ancient powers and faiths are pitted against each other, bloodshed descends on Israel and Jezebel faces the fall of her legacy. Bitter at having been abandoned by Jezebel, he lashes out, calling her a slut. Then Elijah, the prophet of Yahweh and her former lover, begins to speak out against her. As her initiatives usher in an era of prosperity for Israel, her new subjects love her, and her name rings through the land. There, she does what she must to gain power and remake the dry and distant kingdom in the image of her beloved, prosperous seaside homeland of Tyre, beginning by building temples to the gods she grew up worshipping. At fifteen she’s married off, despite her protests, to Prince Ahab of Israel. When Jezebel learns she can't be a king like her father simply because she’s a girl, she vows never to become someone’s decorative wife, nameless and lost to history. With a bold voice reminiscent of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning reimagining of the story of a fierce princess from Tyre and her infamous legacy
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