Description: BOOK ONE OF THE Canaan Trilogy Sarah A Novel MARE KHALTER THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER READ BY KATE BURTON U.S.A. $27.50 Canada $39.95 approx. 5 hours 4 compact discs he story of Sarah--and of history itself-begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah is raised in great lacury, but bulks at the arranged marriage her father has planned for her. The groom is handsome and a nobleman, but on their wedding day, Sarah panics and impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walle There she meets a young man, Abram, a member of a nomadic tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this ic stranger, Sarah spends the night with him, but reluctantly returns to her father's house. But on her return, still desperate to avoid another wedding, she drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage Years later. Abram's people return to Ur, and he discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has bene transformed into the most splendid and revered woman in Sumeria-the high priestess of the goddess What But the memory of their night together has always haunted Sarah, and she gives up her exalted life to Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her mey truly begins a journey that holds the key to her remarkable destiny as the mother of nations. MAREK HALTER was born in Poland in 1936. During World War II, he and his parents narrowly escaped from the Warsaw ghetto. After a time in Russia and Uzbekistan, they emigrated to France in 1950. In 1967, he founded the International Committee for a Negotiated Peace Agreement in the Near East and played a crucial role in the organization of the first official meetings between Palestinians and Israelis. He is also the author of several internationally acclaimed, bestselling historical novels, including The Messiah. The Mysteries of Jerusalem, and The Book of Abraham, which won the Prix du Livre Inter. Halter is currently will be published in 2005 and 2006, respectively. working on the second and third volumes of the Canaan Trilogy: Zipporah and Lilah, which ISBN 0-7393-1168-9 RHCD 496 52750 THIS ABRIDGMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE AUTHOR. Sarah is also available on canette and in print from Crown Publishers, 9 780739 311684
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Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2004
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Book Title: Sarah
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Author: Marek Halter
Format: Compact Disc