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By Joumana Khatib “I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” ...
It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...