AMAZON BESTSELLERHistorical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. 
Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disrupts the longstanding Maccabee Dynasty of Judea when he crowns Mariamne's new husband, Herod the Great, as King, setting off a firestorm of power-grabbing, betrayal, and tragedy in the quest for the ultimate prize: the throne. 
Mariamne never surrenders her belief that her brother Aris, scion of the royal line descending from King David, is the rightful King of Judea. She wrestles with her conscience and with family expectations about how far she is willing to go to oust her husband the king, who loves her with great passion even as he grows increasingly paranoid about her fidelity and suspicious of her disloyalty. 
When a Maccabee family member is found murdered, Mariamne is thrown into a whirlwind of accusations and terror.

To Hold the Throne: A Novel of the Last Maccabee Princess and King Herod the Great

Literature & Fiction

Okun, Joni

Genre Fiction

Palace Publishing

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To Hold the Throne: A Novel of the Last Maccabee Princess and King Herod the Great