Near the end of her life, Zora Neale Hurston wrote to her editor at Scribner’s that she was “under the spell of a great obsession.” She had been working feverishly on the early chapters of a ...

Zora Neale Hurston’s lost epic. In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution. A depiction of Herod the Great. The first time I felt betrayed was when ...

According to historical accounts, Herod the Great was the regional king of Judea, which contained the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.He ruled from about 37 B.C.E. until his death in 4 B.C.E ...

The sights, sounds and smells of 1780s London burst vividly from the pages of this enthralling adventure set in the rookeries of St Giles, a warren of inhospitable streets where outcasts ...

Nearly lost in a fire, Zora Neale Hurston's final novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' is out more than 60 years after her death. The novel expands on her interest in the ancient king of Judea.

PHILLIPS'S "HEROD" ACTED AT THE LYRIC; A Production of Great Pictorial Beauty of a Notable Tragedy. LAST ACT MOST IMPRESSIVE In It Mr. Faversham Redeems Earlier Shortcomings -- Miss Opp's Artistic ...

'The Life of Herod the Great' by Zora Neale Hurston. Akindele John/Stephen Brayda/HarperCollins. Compared to figures like Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, Herod lived on the cusp of a new era.

The Life of Herod the Great—which includes a preface and introduction written by Hurston and commentary written by Plant—stops at chapter 19. “There is no ending as such, because it’s just ...

Herod the Great proved himself a skillful builder, responsible for the planning and construction of projects such as the city of Herodium; the extravagant harbor at Caesarea Maritima, ...