Sherry Jones's Books
May.08.2012
From the award-winning author of the controversial international bestseller The Jewel of Medina, a historical novel that chronicles the lives of four sisters, all daughters of Beatrice of Provence—all of whom became queens in medieval Europe.
When Beatrice of Savoy, countess of Provence, sends her four beautiful, accomplished daughters to become queens, she admonishes...
Apr.03.2012
A woman's power lies in her beauty. For years, Blanche de Castille, the White Queen of France, has lived by this maxim—passed on by her grandmother, Eléonore d'Aquitaine, as she took the girl to marry King Louis VIII. When her husband dies unexpectedly, however, Blanche finds that beauty is not enough to hold, and command, a kingdom against usurpers eager to wrest the Crown...
Oct.15.2009
Before dying, Muhammad left his jeweled sword, al-Ma'thur, to A'isha, telling her to use it in the jihad to come. But what if the jihad is against her own people?
With the fate of her people at stake, A'isha will need to overcome the 20 years of bad blood between her and Muhammad's nephew, Ali. Will their desire to preserve the future of their people and their faith unite them--or...
Oct.15.2008
Born in seventh century Arabia and married at age nine, A'isha bint Abi Bakr would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith. The Jewel of Medina illuminates the difficult path Aisha confronted making the transition from a girl whose destiny was determined by men to the beloved wife and confident of the founder of Islam...
Jones can make a plot dance.”
—The Los Angeles Times
About Sherry
I'm an internationally best-selling author of three published historical fiction novels, most recently FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS, published May 2012 by Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books, about four sisters in 13th century Provence who became queens of France...
Connections
Causes Sherry Jones Supports
ACLU, Save Our Wild Salmon, Greenpeace, Spokane Mother and Children's Free Restaurant, Mercy Fund, public radio, Slow Food USA
Sherry’s Favorite Books
Vanity Fair, Music and Silence, The Satanic Verses, A Secret History of Love, Victory over Japan, Restoration, The Brothers Karamazov, The Hidden Hand,...
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