Black boards with silver lettering on spine, in an unclipped dust jacket. Stated First edition. First printing. Brand new book. Clean and unread. No marks, creases, writing, etc. Relates the life of a beautiful descendant of Herod the Great, and events leading up to her Dance of the Seven Veils, after which her cruel mother coerces her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, an innocent man, on a silver platter. 274 pp.

Children's Teens Fiction Historical Fiction Beatrice Gormley Brand New 0-375-83908-9